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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:26:45 -0700 (PDT), Peter
wrote:

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>> > Peter
>>
>> The objective function is the same in both problems? Are the variables
>> the same in both problems (which would not make much sense)? I can only
>> make sense of this if the variables in the outer problem parameterize
>> the constraints of the inner problem, but that would mean the inner
>> problem has different decision variables and likely a different
>> objective. Perhaps you could supply a small scale specific example.
>>
>> /Paul- Hide quoted text -
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>A sample problem can be as following:
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>
>(P)
>Min z1=x
>X <= y
>
>(P')
>Min z2=0
>y <= b (b is a constant)
>z1_min <= k (k is a constant)
>
>where z1_min, is the optimal value of the objective function for the
>problem (P). The decision variables in the problem (P') parameterize
>the constraints in the problem (P).

Sorry, byt this is lacking ANY sense. Especially notation "Min z2=0"

A.L.