Optimization Models Without Uncertainty

Conceptually, an optimization model might look like Figure 65, Schematic of an optimization model without uncertainty.

Figure 65. Schematic of an optimization model without uncertainty

The solution to an optimization model provides a set of values for the decision variables that optimizes (maximizes or minimizes) the associated objective. If the world were simple and the future were predictable, all data in an optimization model would be constant, making the model deterministic.