The functions listed below are some of the common functions and datasets used for testing optimization algorithms. They are grouped according to similarities in their significant physical properties ...

An algorithm is developed for the simultaneous optimization of several response functions that depend on the same set of controllable variables and are adequately represented by polynomial regression ...

A generalized simulated annealing method has been developed and applied to the optimization of functions (possibly constrained) having many local extrema. The method is illustrated in some difficult ...

The Sphere function has d local minima except for the global one. It is continuous, convex and unimodal. The plot shows its two-dimensional form. The function is usually evaluated on the hypercube x i ...

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