Question

In a production application involving a fixed setup cost and a variable cost, the use of __________ makes including the setup cost possible in a production model. Group of answer choices noninteger constraints location variables binary variables objective function coefficients

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is binary variables.

Explanation:

A binary variable is one that can only have two possible values. They generally fulfill two essential characteristics:

1. They are made up of two exhausting values, which indicates that there is no other possibility of response. For example, a person is female or male.

2. Both values of the variable are exclusive, that is, it is not possible that both responses can be given, only one. In the same example above, a customer cannot be a woman and a man at the same time.