Part of a set of benchmark functions for global optimisation
f(x1,x2)=- abs( sin(x1) cos(x2) exp( abs( 1 - sqrt(x12 + x22) / π ) ) )
The holder table function has four global minima close to the corners of the search space. In addition it has many other local minima, arranged in a regular pattern. The function is separable so in principle it could be minimized by two independent searches in one direction (each of the parameters).
Defined in: Mishra, S.K. (2006) Some new test functions for global optimization and performance of repulsive particle swarm method. Munich Personal RePEc Archive paper 2718 (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/2718/).
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