MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING

It is very similar to a linear programming model, with an objective function,

decision variables, and constraints.

When problems fit the general linear programming format but include nonlinear functions, they are referred to as

What is difficult in nonlinear programming is determining if the point at the top of a peak is just the highest point in the immediate area (called a (?) in calculus terms) or

the highest point of all (called the (?)).

The use of calculus to find optimal values for variables is often referred to as

It consists of a single nonlinear objective function and no constraints.

It consists of a single nonlinear objective function and no constraints. If we add one or more constraints to this model, it becomes a