cigar: Cigar function for optimization problems

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Cigar function for optimization problems

Description

The Cigar function is a test function in optimization characterized by a narrow, elongated valley. This function is useful for testing the performance of optimization algorithms in situations where the minimum is located in a flat region with a high condition number, making it difficult for algorithms to converge efficiently.

Usage

cigar(x)

Arguments

x	A numeric vector of parameters for which the Cigar function is evaluated.

Value

Returns a numeric value, which is the evaluation of the Cigar function at the input vector x.

References

Hansen, N., Müller, S. D., & Koumoutsakos, P. (2003). Reducing the time complexity of the derandomized evolution strategy with covariance matrix adaptation (CMA-ES). Evolutionary Computation, 11(1), 1-18.

Examples

# Evaluation 1: Global minimum point in a four-dimensional space
x <- rep(0, 4)
cigar(x)

# Evaluation 2: A point in a six-dimensional space
x <- c(0, 0.24, 11, -1, -0.7, pi)
cigar(x)

# Contour Plot: Visualizing the Cigar Function
x1 <- seq(-10, 10, length.out = 100)
x2 <- seq(-10, 10, length.out = 100)
z <- outer(x1, x2, FUN = Vectorize(function(x, y) cigar(c(x, y))))
contour(x1, x2, z, nlevels = 20, main = "Contour of the Cigar Function")

# EDA.mnorm() example
res = EDA.mnorm(fun = cigar, lower = c(-10,-10), upper = c(10,10), n = 30, 
                k = 2, tolerance = 0.01, maxiter = 200)
res$sol

# Contour plot: Visualizing solution with EDA.mnorm()
x1 <- seq(-10, 10, length.out = 100)
x2 <- seq(-10, 10, length.out = 100)
z <- outer(x1, x2, FUN = Vectorize(function(x, y) cigar(c(x, y))))
contour(x1, x2, z, nlevels = 20, cex.axis = 0.8, 
        main = "Contour plot of the Cigar Function with EDA.mnorm solution")
points(res$sol[1], res$sol[2], col = "red", pch = 19)

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