Defining the Optimization Settings

To prepare to carry out an optimization, select Run | Optimization… from the main menu (there is also an Optimization button in the Advanced toolbar). The following dialog will be displayed:

Note: You can only run an optimization from Edit Mode. You cannot run an optimization if the model is in Result Mode.

Defining the optimization settings requires three steps:

• Specifying the objective function and any constraints;

• Specifying the optimization variables; and

• Setting the optimization precision.

These three steps are described in the topics below.