Another big problem with Econ 101 management is the tendency for people to find local maxima.
We're looking for the local minimum and the local maximum.
A turning point may be either a local maximum or a minimum point.
These are also the local maxima of the potential function (Figure 3).
A problem with hill climbing is that it will find only local maxima.
After the first round of sifting, a crest may become a local maximum.
Thus is not a local or global maximum or minimum of f.
As a result, they can be stuck in a plateau where the quality of assignment has a local maxima.
If and then is a local maximum of f.
This is clearly a local minimum or a local maximum, respectively.
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