I’ll create a resource optimization example problem and solve it using $Python$.
I will provide the source code, explanation, and visualize the results with a graph.
1 | import numpy as np |
Resource Optimization Problem Solution
I’ve created a classic resource optimization problem involving production planning.
Here’s the scenario:
Problem Statement
A company manufactures two products, A and B, using two machines: cutting and assembly.
- Product A: Requires $2$ hours of cutting and $1$ hour of assembly, with a profit of $$40$ per unit
- Product B: Requires $1$ hour of cutting and $3$ hours of assembly, with a profit of $$30$ per unit
- The cutting machine is available for $100$ hours per week
- The assembly machine is available for $90$ hours per week
The goal is to determine how many units of each product to manufacture to maximize profit.
Mathematical Formulation
This is a linear programming problem:
- Maximize: 40A + 30B (profit function)
- Subject to constraints:
- 2A + B ≤ 100 (cutting machine constraint)
- A + 3B ≤ 90 (assembly machine constraint)
- A ≥ 0, B ≥ 0 (non-negativity constraints)
Solution Explanation
I used scipy.optimize.linprog to solve this problem. The key components:
- The objective function coefficients are negated because
linprogminimizes by default - The constraint coefficients represent resource usage for each product
- The boundary values represent the total available resources
Results
Optimization successful: True Optimal values: Product A: 42.00 units Product B: 16.00 units Maximum profit: $2160.00
The optimal solution is:
- Produce approximately $42$ units of Product A
- Produce approximately $16$ units of Product B
- This yields a maximum profit of approximately $$2,160$
Graph Explanation

The visualization shows:
- The green shaded area represents the feasible region where all constraints are satisfied
- The red dot indicates the optimal solution
- The straight lines represent the constraints:
- Blue line: cutting machine constraint (2A + B ≤ 100)
- Orange line: assembly machine constraint (A + 3B ≤ 90)
- The dashed lines are isoprofit lines, showing combinations of A and B that yield the same profit
- The optimal solution occurs at an intersection point of constraints, which is typical in linear programming problems
This example demonstrates how $Python$ can be used to solve resource allocation problems that businesses commonly face, showing both the numerical solution and a graphical representation to understand the problem space.










