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Suppose we have a binary variable $x$ and two non-negative continuous variables $y_1\ge 0$ and $y_2 \ge 0$. How can we linearize $xy_1 y_2$ ?

FYI, this is a follow up question to this: How to linearize the product of a binary and a non-negative continuous variable?

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    $\begingroup$ You cannot. Just consider the case when you don't have $x$, there is no magic way to linear a bilinear product of two continuous variables. $\endgroup$ Aug 11, 2022 at 10:48

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As Johan Löfberg said, it cannot be done directly. You can get an approximate solution in two steps.

  1. First, approximate the product of $y_1$ and $y_2$ using a new variable $z.$ See, for instance, this question, and specifically the answers involving McCormick envelopes.
  2. Now linearize the product of $x$ and $z$ using the link in your question.
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I would start with a non-convex solver like Gurobi. Gurobi can only do quadratic terms, but that is not a real limitation:

 z1 = x*y1
 z2 = z1*y2
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