function [y] = ackley(xx, a, b, c)

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% ACKLEY FUNCTION
%
% Authors: Sonja Surjanovic, Simon Fraser University
%          Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University
% Questions/Comments: Please email Derek Bingham at dbingham@stat.sfu.ca.
%
% Copyright 2013. Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University.
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% INPUTS:
%
% xx = [x1, x2, ..., xd]
% a = constant (optional), with default value 20
% b = constant (optional), with default value 0.2
% c = constant (optional), with default value 2*pi
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d = length(xx);

if (nargin < 4)
    c = 2*pi;
end
if (nargin < 3)
    b = 0.2;
end
if (nargin < 2)
    a = 20;
end

sum1 = 0;
sum2 = 0;
for ii = 1:d
	xi = xx(ii);
	sum1 = sum1 + xi^2;
	sum2 = sum2 + cos(c*xi);
end

term1 = -a * exp(-b*sqrt(sum1/d));
term2 = -exp(sum2/d);

y = term1 + term2 + a + exp(1);

end