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= ECE QE AC-3 August 2011 Solusion  =
 
= ECE QE AC-3 August 2011 Solusion  =
  
==== <font face="serif"><math>\text{1. (20 pts) Consider the optimization problem,}</math><br></font>  ====
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==== <font face="serif"><math>\text{1.} \left( \text{20 pts} \right) \text{Consider the optimization problem,}</math><br></font>  ====
  
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\text{maximize} -x_{1}^{2}+x_{1}-x_{2}-x_{1}x_{2}</math>  
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\text{maximize} -x_{1}^{2}+x_{1}-x_{2}-x_{1}x_{2}</math>  
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\text{subject to  }  x_{1}\geq0, x_{2}\geq0</math>  
 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<math>\text{subject to  }  x_{1}\geq0, x_{2}\geq0</math>  
  
<span class="texhtml">(i) Characterize feasible directions at the point</span><math>x^{*}=\left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 \end{array} \right]</math>  
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<math>\left( \text{i} \right) \text{Characterize feasible directions at the point } x^{*}=\left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 \end{array} \right]</math>  
  
 
===== <math>\color{blue}\text{Solution 1:}</math>  =====
 
===== <math>\color{blue}\text{Solution 1:}</math>  =====
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\left[ \begin{array}{c} d_{1} \\ d_{2} \end{array} \right], d_{1}\in\Re^{2}, d_{2}\neq0</math><br>  
 
\left[ \begin{array}{c} d_{1} \\ d_{2} \end{array} \right], d_{1}\in\Re^{2}, d_{2}\neq0</math><br>  
  
===== (ii) Write down the second-order necessary condition for . Does the point satisfy this condition? =====
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===== <math>\left( \text{ii} \right) \text{Write down the second-order necessary condition for } x^{*} \text{. Does the point satisfy this condition?}</math><br> =====

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ECE QE AC-3 August 2011 Solusion

$ \text{1.} \left( \text{20 pts} \right) \text{Consider the optimization problem,} $

               $ \text{maximize} -x_{1}^{2}+x_{1}-x_{2}-x_{1}x_{2} $

               $ \text{subject to } x_{1}\geq0, x_{2}\geq0 $

$ \left( \text{i} \right) \text{Characterize feasible directions at the point } x^{*}=\left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 \end{array} \right] $

$ \color{blue}\text{Solution 1:} $

$ \text{We need to find a direction }d\text{, such that } \exists\alpha_{0}>0, $

$ \color{blue}\text{Solution 2:} $

$ d\in\Re_{2}, d\neq0 \text{ is a feasible direction at } x^{*} \text{, if} $ $ \exists\alpha_{0} $ 

$ \text{that } \left[ \begin{array}{c} \frac{1}{2} \\ 0 \end{array} \right] + \alpha\left[ \begin{array}{c} d_{1} \\ d_{2} \end{array} \right] \in\Omega \text{ for all } 0\leq\alpha\leq\alpha_{0} $ 

$ \because \begin{Bmatrix}x\in\Omega: x_{1}\geq0, x_{2}\geq0\end{Bmatrix} $


$ \therefore d= \left[ \begin{array}{c} d_{1} \\ d_{2} \end{array} \right], d_{1}\in\Re^{2}, d_{2}\neq0 $

$ \left( \text{ii} \right) \text{Write down the second-order necessary condition for } x^{*} \text{. Does the point satisfy this condition?} $

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