Rockwell Automation Arena OptQuest Users Guide - Manual (Page 16)

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7. Next we’ll define the objective, so select the Objectives node from the tree or click
View > Objectives.
As previously stated, management wants to maximize net profits. To accomplish this,
we’ll use the maximum of the Net Profit variable as the objective in our optimization
model.
To define the objective, click Add Objective. (We’ll accept the default name.) For the
Expression field, select the Net Profit variable from the window above. You can
confirm the validity of the expression by clicking Check Expression. Be sure to
select the Maximize field.