Practical Management Science
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Author: Wayne L. Winston, S. Christian Albright
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 76P
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To determine: The location of the bridge so that the distance between the cities A and B is small as possible.
Non-linear programming (NLP):
Non-linear programming (NLP) is used in complex optimization problems where the objectives or constraints or sometimes both are non-linear functions of the decision variables. A model can be termed as non-linear for more than one reason.
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