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CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Today's reading lists several issues that can cause hill climbing to "get stuck." Select the issue that seems most problematic to you. Briefly explain why you selected that issue.
  2. Select one sentence from the reading that you feel best indicates what may be a potential problem or limitation of using simulated annealing search. Briefly explain why you selected this particular sentence.
  3. Select one sentence from the reading that you feel best illustrates the relationship between the gradient and the state space landscape. Briefly explain why you selected this particular sentence.
  4. Identify (and briefly elaborate on) the sentence, section or concept from the current reading that remains the most confusing to you.