Chapter 5 (Golden Section Search - Maximum)

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Using the initial guesses of xl = −2 and xu = 4, calculate the maximum value for this function.

𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 1.75𝑥 2 + 1.1𝑥 3 − 0.25𝑥 4

(a) Determine

xl
xu

(b) Calculate d =

(c) Calculate

x1
x2

(d) Determine

f(xl) f(x2) f(x1) f(xu)

(e) Sketch for xl, x2, x1, and xu and their f(x) values

(f) From the sketch in (e), determine xopt =

(g) Calculate error, a =

(h) Determine xl and xu for the next iteration

xl
xu
(i) Continue calculation to complete the following table

xl xu d x1 x2 f(xl) f(xu) f(x1) f(x2) xopt a (%)

−2 4
Chapter 5 (Golden Section Search - Minimum)
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Using the initial guesses of xl = −2 and xu = 1, calculate the minimum value for this function.

𝑓(𝑥) = 3 + 6𝑥 + 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 4

(a) Determine

xl
xu

(b) Calculate d =

(c) Calculate

x1
x2

(d) Determine

f(xl) f(x2) f(x1) f(xu)

(e) Sketch for xl, x2, x1, and xu and their f(x) values

(f) From the sketch in (e), determine xopt =

(g) Calculate error, a =

(h) Determine xl and xu for the next iteration

xl
xu
(i) Continue calculation to complete the following table

xl xu d x1 x2 f(xl) f(xu) f(x1) f(x2) xopt a (%)

−2 1
Chapter 5 (Newton Optimization)
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Using the initial guess of x0 = −2, calculate the minimum value for this function.

𝑓(𝑥) = 3 + 6𝑥 + 5𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 4

(a) Determine x0 =

(b) Differentiate f(x) to get f′(x) =

(c) Differentiate f′(x) to get f″(x) =

(d) Continue calculation to complete the following table

x f′(x) f″(x) a (%)

−2 -

(e) Determine

xopt
f(xopt)
Chapter 5 (Gradient Optimization)
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Using the initial guesses of x = y = 0, find the minimum for this function.

𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = −8𝑥 + 𝑥 2 + 12𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 − 2𝑥𝑦

(a) Transform the equation into

𝜕𝑓
=
𝜕𝑥
𝜕𝑓
=
𝜕𝑦

(b) At x = y = 0

𝜕𝑓
=
𝜕𝑥
𝜕𝑓
= 12
𝜕𝑦

(c) Determine

𝑓(0 − 8ℎ, 0 + 12ℎ) =

𝑔′(ℎ) =

(d) At g′(h) = 0, h* =

(e) Calculate new values for x and y

x
y