The Main Disadvantage of Introducing Constraints into a Linear Program

question 22

Multiple Choice

The main disadvantage of introducing constraints into a linear program that enforce some or all of the decision variables to be either integer or binary is that:

• A) the programs may take longer to solve.
• B) the solutions will no longer be optimal.
• C) Excel can no longer be used to solve the program.
• D) the constraints are difficult to formulate.
• E) we cannot have "yes-or-no" decisions in the linear program.

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