Interactive timed exam
Pick a mock final, answer in textareas under a 90-minute timer, then either self-grade with the model solutions revealed or copy a grading prompt and paste into Claude for me to grade you in the doctor's voice.
Question banks (practice items)
Practice (no answers)
Q Bank v3 - Exam style
25 umbrella + standalone questions in the doctor's exact phrasing. Use this version for timed practice.
With Dr-style answers
Q Bank v4 - With solutions
Same 25 questions plus all 7 verbatim midterm questions, with model answers in the doctor's voice below each item. 8 mock finals at the end.
Parameter knobs
Q Bank v2 - Parameters & coevolution
Earlier deep-dive bank focused on parameter behavioural extremes (DE/PSO/AS/ACS/GA/TS knobs) and coevolution comprehension.
First version
Q Bank v1 - Dr-style
Original card-style question bank with HIGH/MED tags and answer skeletons. Kept as a reference.
Midterm-style mocks
Mock questions in midterm style
Practice questions formatted like the original midterm paper.
Model solutions
Mock model solutions
Worked answers to the midterm-style mock questions.
Exam-concept guides (transcript-first study notes)
Foundations + HC + SA + TS + escape
Pre-GA exam concepts
Combined reference for the foundations and single-solution metaheuristics. 28 sections covering complexity, hill climbing, simulated annealing, tabu search, ILS / VNS / GLS / GRASP.
Genetic Algorithm
GA exam concepts
16 sections on GA: representation, selection, crossover, mutation, elitism, replacement, schema theorem, GA on BPP and 8-puzzle.
Differential Evolution
DE exam concepts
DE adaptive mutation, parent-child competition, base vector choice, BPP adaptation, plot behaviour.
Particle Swarm
PSO exam concepts
Inertia, personal best, global best, informants, step size, the bully effect, BPP adaptation.
Ant System / ACS
AS & ACS exam concepts
Pheromone evaporation, alpha vs beta in transition, AS vs ACS deposit rules, candidate-list size, BPP application.
Coevolution (slides 7-9)
Coevolution exam concepts
Internal vs external fitness, multi-goal slide, S1/S2 BPP variance, 1-pop / 2-pop / cooperative coevolution, diversity preservation.
Worked solutions & numerical examples
Midterm Q7 worked
8-puzzle GA solution
Full solution to the midterm 8-puzzle GA question in the doctor's framing from transcript 23. Chromosome design, objective, mutation, crossover, multi-goal extension.
Numerical walkthrough
DE on bin packing
Step-by-step numerical example of DE applied to a small BPP instance.
Numerical walkthrough
PSO on bin packing
Step-by-step numerical example of PSO applied to a small BPP instance.
Homework analysis
HW analysis
Algorithm competition analysis
Comparison of HC, TS, GA, DE, PSO, AS, ACS performance across the homework instances.
HW analysis
Conceptual exam-question types
The doctor's recurring exam patterns mapped to the homework experiments.
Earlier version
Earlier HTML study hub
The first version of the study hub. Kept for reference; this page replaces it.