ME-II Civil - Hydraulic structures

Subject: WATER RESOURCES SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

ASSIGNMENT : 4

1 Explain, Lagrange multiplier method for solving optimization problem.

2 Propose the optimum dimensions of rectangular RCC water tank. Solve by

Lagrange multiplier method.

3 Define the following terms of decision-making problem.

Course of action, State of nature, uncertainty, Payoff, Payoff table

4 A farmer wants to decide which of the three crops he should plant on his 100 acre
farm. The profit from each crop depends on the rainfall during the growing season.
The farmer has categorized the amount of rainfall as High , Medium and Low. The
following cost matrix shows the conditional profit from each crop.

Crop Estimated conditional profit (x100 Rs.) for

Rainfall.
High Medium Low
A 80 45 20
B 35 45 50
C 50 50 40

If farmer wishes to plant only one crop, decide which should be his best crop using,
(i) Maximin criteria
(ii) Minimax regret criteria
(iii) Expected value criteria if probabilities of occurrence of High, Medium
and Low rainfall are 0.30 ,0.50 , and 0.20 respectively.

Submit this assignment on Tuesday 15, June 21 for grading