Consider the following 0-1 integer programming problem: If we wish to add the constraint that no more than two of these variables must be positive, how would this be written?

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Consider the following 0-1 integer programming problem:  If we wish to add the constraint that no more than two of these variables must be positive, how would this be written?

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The constraint "no more than two of these variables must be positive" means that at most two variables can have a value of 1 (positive), and the rest must be 0 (negative). Therefore, the sum of the variables in the constraint must be less than or equal to 2. This can be written as X + Y + Z ≤ 2.

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