Exam 8: Nonlinear Programming Evolutionary Optimization

The Reduced Gradient is similar to which of these terms from linear programming?

An office supply company is attempting to determine the order quantity for Mt. White fountain pens which are sold to local executives. Annual demand is 5,000 units and each pen costs the store $50. It costs $75 to place an order and the inventory carrying cost rate is 30% of the value of the item. What values should go in cells B3:B11 of the spreadsheet for this problem if Q = 223.61?

A company has collected the following inventory data for an item. What is the total annual cost for this item?

A construction company just purchased a 300 × 300 foot lot upon which they plan to build an office building. They need at least 60,000 ft² of office floor space. Zoning regulations require each floor be 10 feet high and the building not exceed 65 ft in height. Further, parking space must equal at least 30% of the total floor space available. The company's cost accountant uses a 60% factor of the building height and a 1% factor of any story's floor area to calculate the total building cost (in millions of dollars). ​ Formulate the NLP for the problem.

How much must the objective function coefficient of the variable Pumpkin change before any Pumpkins are produced based on the following sensitivity report?

The GRG algorithm operates by

The main difference between LP and NLP problems is that NLPs will have a