?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F2718%2F&rft.title=Some+new+test+functions+for+global+optimization+and+performance+of+repulsive+particle+swarm+method&rft.creator=Mishra%2C+Sudhanshu&rft.subject=C63+-+Computational+Techniques+%3B+Simulation+Modeling&rft.subject=C88+-+Other+Computer+Software&rft.subject=C61+-+Optimization+Techniques+%3B+Programming+Models+%3B+Dynamic+Analysis&rft.description=In+this+paper+we+introduce+some+new+test+functions+to+assess+the+performance+of+global+optimization+methods.+These+functions+have+been+selected+partly+because+several+of+them+are+aesthetically+appealing+and+partly+because+a+few+of+them+are+really+difficult+to+optimize%2C+while+all+the+functions+are+multi-modal.+Each+function+has+been+graphically+presented+to+appreciate+its+geometrical+appearance.+To+optimize+these+functions+we+have+used+the+Repulsive+Particle+Swarm+(RPS)+method.+We+have+also+appended+a+computer+program+of+the+RPS+method.+Except+two+functions%2C+namely+the+'crowned+cross'+and+the+'cross-legged+table'+functions+all+other+new+test+functions+are+optimized+by+the+RPS+program.The+program+has+also+been+tested+with+success+on+a+number+of+well-established+benchmark+functions.+However%2C+the+program+fails+miserably+in+optimizing+the+Bukin+and+a+couple+of+other+functions.+%0A%0ANote%3A+Readers+should+beware+of+the+plagiarism+by+one+Mr.+Sanjeev+K+Singh%2C+Tezpur+University%2C+Assam%2C+who%2C+in+his+article+%22A+Comparative+Study+of+Genetic+Algorithm%2C+Improved-Repulsive+Particle+Swarm+Optimization+and+Simulated+Annealing%22+published+in+the+proceedings+of+Advances+in+Computational+Optimization+and+Analysis+of+Systems+(COSA+2007)%2C+6-9+February%2C+2007+Outreach+Centre%2C+IIT%2C+Kanpur%2C+attributes+introduction+of+some+new+functions+(Bird+function%2C+Penholder+function%2C+Cross+function%2C+etc)+and+the+improved+Particle+Swarm+method+to+himself.&rft.date=2006-08-23&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F2718%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_2718.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mishra%2C+Sudhanshu++(2006)%3A+Some+new+test+functions+for+global+optimization+and+performance+of+repulsive+particle+swarm+method.++++&rft.language=en