What Is the Meaning of the T_i term in This $\operatorname{MIN} \sum \frac{1}{t_{i}}\left(d_{i}^{-}+d_{i}^{+}\right)^{2}$

question 2

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the t_i term in this objective function for a goal programming problem?
$\operatorname{MIN} \sum \frac{1}{t_{i}}\left(d_{i}^{-}+d_{i}^{+}\right) ^{2}$
$\operatorname{MIN} \sum \frac{1}{t_{i}}\left(d_{i}^{-}+d_{i}^{+}\right) ^{2}$

• A)The time required for each decision variable.
• B)The percent of goal i met.
• C)The coefficient for the i^th decision variable
• D)The target value for goal i.

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