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Hello Stefan I just scanned these quickly (will download/look more closely later today) but these look like great resources. Thanks for sharing these with me. Esmail On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Stefan Schliebs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Esmail, > if you want to compare your algorithm on some continuous test functions, I > suggest the benchmark suite introduced at the CEC 2005 competition on > numerical optimization. The suite includes 25 well-chosen test functions. > The source code of them in several programming languages is provided at > http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/EPNSugan/index_files/CEC-05/CEC05.htm (look for > the right link). > > The specification of the suite includes everything that is relevant: > Complete definition of the functions including the initialization of your > EA, the search interval, dimensionality, termination criteria (this answers > your previous post), even the statistical output and its formatting. If you > stick to these guidelines you can compare your method easily to many other > algorithms. > > Here is a link with the specification: > http://www.bionik.tu-berlin.de/user/niko/Tech-Report-May-30-05.pdf > > There are also a couple of more competitions recently. Have look at e.g. > http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/EPNSugan/ to find some more. > > Best, Stefan > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Esmail Bonakdarian <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am looking for a test suite of functions that I can use to evaluate >> an evolutionary algorithm I have implemented. >> >> I am interested in functions that have their input ranges (search space) >> well defined along with their maxima/minima. >> >> I keep coming across functions in various articles and books, but many >> often lack this information assuming it's obvious, or just well known. >> Some >> will only state the maximum or the minimum, others leave the search space >> unspecified. >> >> If there is list of functions with this information available, it would be >> perfect. >> >> Additional recommendations as to what would make a good set of 5 - 10 >> functions to include in a test suite would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Esmail > >