Global Scalable Optimisation

Scalability of systems performance becomes a challenge for modern digital systems. Achievement of system ability to complete wide range of tasks in terms of computational performance and effective use of resources require substantial research. Significant efforts are directed towards design of large scale hardware systems. However resolving scalable tasks require also scalable software.
The aim of this Competition is to highlight the results achieved by various methods on two global optimisation test for wide range of dimensions.

Test functions

Keane's Bump Test Function

Keane's Bump Test Function is hard constrained global optimisation problem. For this completion it is transformed for maximization.

Micha

where xi are the variables (expressed in radians) and n is the number of dimensions. Optimal values for variety of dimensions of this test are unknown.

Submission for Test 1

For details please see http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ajk/bump.html

 

Michalewicz Test function

Michalewicz test function is global optimisation problem. For this completion it is transformed for maximization.

The maximum is dependent on dimensions number and for variety of dimensions is unknown.

Micha

Submission for Test 2

For details please see https://www.sfu.ca/~ssurjano/michal.html

Completion conditions:

1. Number of parameters
  • Group from 50 to 400 parameters
  • Group from 401 to 2000 parameters
  • Group above 2001 parameters
2. Criteria for assessment
  • Better solution – better solution has priority
  • Better precision – higher number of valid digits after the decimal comma has priority.
3. Each submission is subject of verification. For this purpose submission must contain:
  • Authors names and affiliation
  • Method name
  • Optimal value
  • Variables values, which generates the Optimal value
  • Constraints values for Test 1
  • Optionally – Objective function evaluations number, time for calculation, computer system characteristics
4. One submission can contain up to 3 results for different parameters numbers
5. Final results will be published on the conference website.
6. Accepted submission should be presented on the Competitions Session at HPC 2019
7. Best results will receive - HPC 2019 Certificate, which indicates the place
8. Please submit to competitionhpc@parallel.bas.bg