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This document outlines 8 questions for homework assignment #6 in the EE477 - Optimization Techniques course. The questions involve using numerical methods like the Golden Section method, Fibonacci search method, Newton's method, and Secant method to find the minimum, maximum, or roots of various functions. Students are asked to apply the different methods to locate optimal values within given tolerances and intervals, and also to use MATLAB to check their answers.

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HW 6

This document outlines 8 questions for homework assignment #6 in the EE477 - Optimization Techniques course. The questions involve using numerical methods like the Golden Section method, Fibonacci search method, Newton's method, and Secant method to find the minimum, maximum, or roots of various functions. Students are asked to apply the different methods to locate optimal values within given tolerances and intervals, and also to use MATLAB to check their answers.

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EE477 – Optimization Techniques – Fall 2018

Homework #6
Due Date: 3 December 2018

Question #1: Using a) the Golden Section method and b) the Fibonacci search method, find the

range of values of x that minimizes the function f(x) = x (6π- x) in the interval [0, 10]. Locate the

value of x to within a range of 1. c) Using MATLAB, determine the minimum of f(x).

Question #2: Using a) the Golden Section method and b) the Fibonacci search method, find the

range of values of x that minimizes the function f(x) = 3x + 4/x in the interval (0, 5]. Locate the

value of x to within a range of 0.1. c) Using MATLAB, determine the minimum of f(x).

Question #3: a) Use the Golden Section method to solve the following minimization problem

1089.4
min f ( x) 0.75 x
8 0.2 400 / x

in the interval [4, 35]. Locate the value of x to within a range of 2. Use three digits after the

decimal point.

b) Repeat part a) using the Fibonacci search method

c) Using MATLAB, determine the minimum of f(x).

Question #4: Using a) the Golden Section method, and b) the Fibonacci search method, find the

range of values of x that maximizes the function f ( x) 4sin( x) 0.5 x 2 in the interval [0, 5]. Locate

the value of x to within a range of 0.2. c) Using MATLAB, determine the maximum of f(x).

Question #5: a) Using the Golden Section method, determine the maximum of the function

f x 10 x 3 x 2 on 0 x 12.

Conduct the search until the difference between the two largest values of y is 0.1 or less (|yn+1 - yn| <

0.3). b) Compare this with the result obtained by using the classical theory of maxima and minima.
Question #6: Find the value of x that minimizes the function f ( x) 4 x 2 sin(3 x) . The initial

value of x is 1. Locate the value of x to within a range of 0.01.

a) Using Newton’s method and

b) Using the Secant method,

c) Determine the minimum of f ( x) 0 using MATLAB.

Question #7: Find one of the roots of the equation

f ( x) x 4 8 x 3 7 x 2 40 x 8 0 ; assume that x 1 15, x0 12.

a) Using Newton’s method

b) Using the Secant method,

c) Find the roots of f ( x) 0 using MATLAB.

Question #8: Approximate the location of the global minimum of f ( x) 3x sin(5 x) in the interval

[0, 5] to within 0.05.

a) Using Newton’s method and

b) Using the secant method,

c) Check your answer using MATLAB.

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