Variables :: SAS/OR(R) 12.1 User's Guide: Mathematical Programming Examples

Table 14.3 shows the variables used in this example.

Table 14.3: Variables

Variable Name	Interpretation
`Assign[retailer,division]`	1 if retailer is assigned to division; 0 otherwise
`MarketShare[category,division]`	Market share for category and division
`Surplus[category,division]`	$\max \{ \Variable{MarketShare[category,division]} - \Argument{target[division]}, 0\}$
`Slack[category,division]`	$\max \{ \Argument{target[division]} - \Variable{MarketShare[category,division]}, 0\}$
`MinMax`	$\underset {\text {division} \in \text {DIVISIONS}} {\max \limits _{\text {category} \in \text {CATEGORIES},}}\left\| \Variable{MarketShare[category,division]}-\Argument{target[division]} \right\|$