Question

The ____ function provides the share of ____ to the parameter to be optimised.

(a) subjective, a particular variable

(b) subjective, each variable

(c) objective, each variable

(d) objective, a particular variable

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) objective, each variable

Easiest explanation: The objective function provides the share of each variable to the parameter to be optimised.The objective function is given by the product of objective coefficient and decision variable. The physical layer is described in terms of objective functions for radio resource optimisation.