Parameter c ; c = 5; Positive variable a , b ; Variable foo ; Equation Def_obj , alessb ; Def_obj.. -foo =e= (c+1)*(sqr(1-b)+(3-2*a))/4 - c*(sqr(1-b)+sqr(1-a))/4 - 3*(power(a,3)/24 + (1-a)*(1-sqr(1-b))/4 + sqr(1-b)*(1-(a+b)/2)/2 - power((1-b),3)/6 ); alessb.. a =l= b; a.up=1.0; b.up=1.0; a.l=0.03; b.l=0.10; Model n_continuum /all/; Solve n_continuum using nlp minimazing foo ; display foo.l; display a.l, b.l;