Practice Optimization In Search (3.4.2) - Search Algorithms and Problem Solving
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Optimization in Search

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Question 1 Easy

What is Hill Climbing?

💡 Hint: Think about climbing a hill.

Question 2 Easy

What does Simulated Annealing allow?

💡 Hint: Remember the analogy of heating and cooling.

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Question 1

Which technique uses gradient ascent to find solutions?

Simulated Annealing
Hill Climbing
Genetic Algorithms

💡 Hint: Think about climbing a hill.

Question 2

Simulated Annealing helps to escape local maxima. True or False?

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how cooling metal allows for better shapes.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple problem where Hill Climbing might fail but Simulated Annealing could succeed. Explain why.

💡 Hint: Think about how searching blindly versus strategically can affect results.

Challenge 2 Hard

Develop a comparison between Genetic Algorithms and linear programming in terms of optimization applications. Discuss pros and cons.

💡 Hint: Consider problem types when choosing optimization techniques.

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