What is the purpose of determining the range of optimality, and how does it help decision-makers understand changes in objective function coefficients?
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When an objective function coefficient changes within the range of optimality, the optimal solution (the actual number of units to produce, buy, or ship) remains exactly the same. However, the optimal value (the total resulting profit or cost) will change proportionally.
Graphically, altering an objective function coefficient changes the tilt (slope) of the objective function line. The range of optimality represents how far that line can tilt in either direction before it swings past the current optimal corner point of the feasible region and lands on a completely new vertex.
The range of optimality identifies how much an objective function coefficient (like profit or cost) can change without altering the current optimal values of the decision variables. It helps decision-makers by showing the exact limits within which parameters can fluctuate before a strategy must be re-optimized.
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