Monday 4 May 2015

Mutually Exclusive Projects

Mutually Exclusive Projects

Mutually exclusive projects are those projects that cannot be undertaken at the same time. This is concept of either or concept. (Either we can take one project or other). Following example explain the concept of mutual exclusive project.

Mutually Exclusive Projects Example

Project
Profit
A
10
B
40
C
50
D
60

 Projects C & D are mutually exclusive. In this example we can look into combination which will either include C or D.

Combination C
Combination D
C
D
C,B
D,B
C,A
D,A
C,B,A
D,B,A