how to define connection factors for supply chain for GA/fmincon optimization?

function [Xmd]=checkb(Q) Xmd(1,1)=Q(1);% connection b/w manufacturer 1 and distributer 1 Xmd(2,1)=Q(2);% connection b/w manufacturer 2 and distributer 1 Xmd(3,1)=Q(3);% connection b/w manufacturer 3 and distributer 1 Xmd(1,2)=Q(4);% connection b/w manufacturer 1 and distributer 2 Xmd(2,2)=Q(5);% connection b/w manufacturer 2 and distributer 2 Xmd(3,2)=Q(6);% connection b/w manufacturer 3 and distributer 2

%it should be in binary 0 or 1

[Alan Weiss]

Please mark your code with the {} Code button so that we can read it.

Alan Weiss

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[Aimen Mujahid]

{function [Xmd]=checkb(Q) Xmd(1,1)=Q(1);% connection b/w manufacturer 1 and distributer 1 Xmd(2,1)=Q(2);% connection b/w manufacturer 2 and distributer 1 Xmd(3,1)=Q(3);% connection b/w manufacturer 3 and distributer 1 Xmd(1,2)=Q(4);% connection b/w manufacturer 1 and distributer 2 Xmd(2,2)=Q(5);% connection b/w manufacturer 2 and distributer 2 Xmd(3,2)=Q(6);% connection b/w manufacturer 3 and distributer 2}

[Aimen Mujahid]

it should take only binary numbers like 0 & 1 as input

[Alan Weiss]

Please mark your code with the {} Code button so that we can read it. Seriously, I am not going to try to decode your question until you format it properly.

Alan Weiss

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[Aimen Mujahid]

if true
 function [Xmd]=checkb(Q) Xmd(1,1)=Q(1);
Xmd(2,1)=Q(2);
Xmd(3,1)=Q(3); 
Xmd(1,2)=Q(4); 
Xmd(2,2)=Q(5);
Xmd(3,2)=Q(6);
end
end

Answer 1

[Alan Weiss]

Is that supposed to be an objective function? Your function returns a 3-by-2 matrix that is simply a reshaping of the inputs. An objective function must be scalar-valued, not vector or matrix valued.

If you want to ask about how to write an objective function, see Writing Scalar Objective Functions. If you want to know something else, then please ask more explicitly.

Alan Weiss

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