Research Article

A Novel Hybrid Bat Algorithm with Harmony Search for Global Numerical Optimization

Table 1

Benchmark functions.

No.NameDefinitionSource

F01Ackley [3]
F02Fletcher-Powell [4]
F03Griewank [5]
F04Penalty #1 [6]
F05Penalty #2 [6]
F06Quartic with noise [7]
F07Rastrigin [8]
F08Rosenbrock [7]
F09Schwefel 2.26 [9]
F10Schwefel 1.2 [10]
F11Schwefel 2.22 [10]
F12Schwefel 2.21 [6]
F13Sphere [7]
F14Step [7]

*In benchmark function F02, the matrix elements are drawn from uniform distribution [4].
*In benchmark functions F04 and F05, the definition of the function is given by .