Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division

First Semester 2017-2018
Lab Assignment

Course No. : BA ZC 414

Course Title : Optimization Methods for Analytics
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 15%
Duration : 21/10/2017 to 31/10/2017

Formulate and prepare R programming code to obtain the solution for the following:

A retired person wants to invest up to an amount of Rs. 30000 in fixed income securities. His broker
recommends investing in two bonds; Bond A yielding 7% and Bond B yielding 10%. After some
consideration, decided to invest at most Rs. 12000 in Bond B and at least Rs 6000 in Bond A. He
also wants the amount invested in Bond A to be at least equal to the amount invested in Bond B.

What should the broker recommend if the investor wants to maximize his returns on investment?

Note: You can look at Lecture 6 (last slide and web link shared in the slide) for basics about R
programming.