Global Maxima of Stalagmite Function

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The Code to maximize the stalagmite function is as follows:

clear all
close all
clc

% input parametrs

x = linspace(0,0.6,150);
y = linspace(0,0.6,150);

[xx yy] = meshgrid(x,y);
num_case = 150;

for i = 1:length(x)
for j = 1:length(y)
input_vector(1) = xx(i,j);
input_vector(2) = yy(i,j);
F(i,j) = stalagmite(input_vector);

end
end

% study_1
tic
for i = 1:num_case
[inputs,Fopt(i)] = ga(@stalagmite,2);
xopt(i) = inputs(1);
yopt(i) = inputs(2);
end

study_time_1 = toc;

figure(1)
subplot(2,1,1);
hold on
surfc(xx,yy,F);
xlabel('x data');
ylabel('y data');
plot3(xopt,yopt,Fopt,'marker','o','markersize',5,'markerfacecolor','k')
title('Unbounded Inputs')
subplot(2,1,2)
plot(Fopt)
xlabel('Iterations')
ylabel('Function Maximum')

% Study 2
tic
for i = 1:num_case
[inputs,fopt(i)] = ga(@stalagmite,2,[],[],[],[],[0;0],[1;1]);
xopt(i) = inputs(1);
yopt(i) = inputs(2);
end
study_time_2 = toc;

figure(2)
subplot(2,1,1)
hold on
surfc(xx, yy, F)
xlabel 'X data'
ylabel 'Y data'
plot3(xopt,yopt,Fopt,'marker','o','markersize',5,'markerfacecolor','k')
title('Bounded Inputs')
subplot(2,1,2)
plot(Fopt)
xlabel('Iterations')
ylabel('Function Maximum')

% Study 3
options = optimoptions('ga');
options = optimoptions(options,'PopulationSize',450);
tic
for i = 1:num_case
[inputs,Fopt(i)] = ga(@stalagmite,2,[],[],[],[],[0;0],[1;1],[],[],options);
xopt(i) = inputs(1);
yopt(i) = inputs(2);
end

study_time_3 = toc;

figure(3)
subplot(2,1,1)
hold on
surfc(xx, yy, F);
xlabel 'X data'
ylabel 'Y data'
plot3(xopt,yopt,Fopt,'marker','o','markersize',5,'markerfacecolor','k');
title('Bounded Inputs with Increased Population Size');
subplot(2,1,2);
plot(Fopt);
xlabel('Iterations');
ylabel('Function Maximum');

max_value = [Fopt];

In the above code, we are running ourstalagmite function for 3 different scenarios:

1. Unbound Inputs where the inputs do not have any resrictions i.e., the inputs are randomly distributed even outside the working space

2. Bound Inputs where the inputs are restricted and are not allowed to go beyond our working space

3. Bounded Inputs with increased iterations: Here we are increasing the number of iterations and try out dufferent iterations.

Stalagmite Function:

function [F] = stalagmite(input_vector)

term_1 = (sin(5.1*pi*input_vector(1)+0.5))^6;
term_2 = (sin(5.1*pi*input_vector(2)+0.5))^6;
term_3 = exp((-4*log(2)*(((input_vector(1) - 0.0667)^2)/0.64)));
term_4 = exp((-4*log(2)*(((input_vector(2) - 0.0667)^2)/0.64)));
F = (term_1.*term_2.*term_3.*term_4);
F = 1/(1+F);
end

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