Economic return and quantity of water


Problem:

Please solve the attached problem using Dynamic Programming method.

Consider water supply for a region consisting of three cities. The total available water supply is 8 units. Determine the optimal allocation of water to the three cities that maximizes the total economic return for the region. The relationship between the economic return and the quantity of water allocated for each city are given in the following table:

 

City

 

1

2

3

q

r1(q)

r2(q)

r3(q)

0

0

0

0

1

6

5

7

2

12

14

30

3

35

40

42

4

75

55

50

5

85

65

60

6

91

70

70

7

96

75

72

8

100

80

75

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