Questions on HW2 by Nikhil Londhe

Mark on the homework the change needed if member A

has twice the yield stress of members B and C, that is
2sigma_0.
What constraint is specified by the second row of the
matrix A in the code.
Why do we end with the first three design variables
repeating their values in the fourth, fifth and sixth?
What is an interior point algorithm?

Questions from GA slide

What are all possible balanced and symmetric child
designs of [02/45/90]sand[452/0]s with uniform crossover?
Variation: with 1-point crossover
Variation: Without balance requirement.

Global optimization balances exploration and

exploitation. How is that reflected in genetic algorithms?
What do we mean by the term exploitation?
Is cross-over exploration or exploitation?

Questions in lectures
Inequality constraints require
2
transformation to equality
constraints:
g x t 0 j 1,K
j

This yields the following Lagrangian:

ng

L(x, t, ) f (x) j g j x t
j 1

2
j

Why is the slack variable squared?

Additional question: Why is it called slack
variable?

, ng