Continuous Optimization Problem
The standard form of a (continuous) optimization problem is
where
- is the objective function to be minimized over the variable ,
- are called inequality constraints, and
- are called equality constraints.
By convention, the standard form defines a minimization problem. A maximization problem can be treated by negating the objective function.
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