Test Functions

                      for Unconstrained Global Optimization

Ackley Function

r Number of variables: n variables.

r Definition:

 

 

r Search domain: −15 ≤ x_i ≤ 30, i = 1, 2, . . . , n.

r Number of local minima: several local minima.

r The global minimum: x^* =  (0, …, 0), f(x^*) = 0.

r MATLAB Code: download ackley.m

r Function graph: for n = 2.