Q1. Approximately 40% of commercial flight delays in the United States has originated from the NY metropolitan area, which also witnessed that about one third of US aviation system move through. The three international airports (JFK, LGA, and EWR) located in this area are also classified under airports having huge delays. Still there is a growing number of passengers and cargo predicted. Officials of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) also think of opening a new international airport in the NY metropolitan area. Recently, China has opened an International Airport at Daxing close to Beijing. This is a second international airport serving Beijing population.

Assume that you are one of the officials of PANYNJ and are charged with identifying location for a new airport in the NY metropolitan area. Apply Simon's all the four phases of decision making to identify and decide a new location in this area.

Q2. The current coronavirus pandemic has created a chaotic environment among apparel retailing industry. JC Penny and Lord & Taylor are some of the retailers that filed for bankruptcy, and other retailers such as Macy's and H&M implement various measures (online sale) to attract more customers and sustain in the market.

Using business pressures-responses-support model, gather and describe various 1) environmental factors that pressurized as well as provided opportunities to take actions, 2) responses apparel retailers initiated in response to its environment, 3) predictions and decisions apparel retailers had taken with the support of computerized decision support systems.

Draw a new business pressures-responses-support model based on your analyses.

Q3. The dean of the Western College of Business must plan the school's course offerings for the fall semester. Student demands make it necessary to offer at least 30 undergraduate and 40 graduate courses in the term. Faculty contracts also dictate that at least 60 courses be offered in total. Each undergraduate course taught costs the college an average of $2,500 in faculty wages, and each graduate course costs $4,000.

1.Formulate this problem as linear programming problem to find how many undergraduate and graduate courses should be taught in the fall so that total faculty salaries are kept to a minimum.

2.Solve this problem using MS Excel.

3.Explain how model-driven DSS works using the below example.

Q4. Explain how the one of the below company uses any five of business intelligence tools and techniques to achieve advantage over its competitors:

1.Apple

2.Pfizer

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