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Problems for Nonlinear Programming Models
 - Piecewise Linear Objective Function

Consider the problem below where the objective function has the nonlinear forms shown in the figure. Show how the model is changed so that it uses only linear expressions to represent this situation. Use as few extra variables as possible.

 


  
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