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Test Functions for Global Optimization

A Comprehensive Survey

Momin Jamil1, 2, Xin-She Yang3 and Hans-Jürgen Zepernick1,    1Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden, 2Harman International, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, Germany, 3Department of Design Engineering and Mathematics, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, UK

8.1 Introduction

In the field of evolutionary computation (EC), the reliability, efficiency, and validation of algorithms are frequently done by using common standard benchmark functions from literature. A common practice followed by many researches is to compare different algorithms on a large test set, especially when the test involves function optimization ...

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