sasoptpy.actions.set_objective¶

set_objective(expression, name, sense)[source]¶

Specifies the objective function

Parameters

expressionsasoptpy.Expression: Objective function
namestring: Name of the objective function
sensestring: Direction of the objective function, so.MAX or so.MIN

Examples

>>> with so.Workspace('w') as w:
>>>     x = so.Variable(name='x', lb=1)
>>>     set_objective(x ** 3, name='xcube', sense=so.minimize)
>>>     solve()
>>> print(so.to_optmodel(w))
proc optmodel;
    var x >= 1;
    MIN xcube = (x) ^ (3);
    solve;
quit;