Nonlinear Programming - The General Non-linear Optimization Problem (NLO)

The General Non-linear Optimization Problem (NLO)

The problem can be stated simply as:

to maximize some variable such as product throughput

or

to minimize a cost function

where

s.t. (subject to)

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