* NLP literature problem * Shekel function, Dixon and Szego (1975) VARIABLES x y objval objective function variable; FREE VARIABLES objval; EQUATIONS f Objective function; f .. objval =e=(-1)/(POWER(x-4,2)+POWER(y-4,2)+0.1)-(1/(POWER(x-1,2)+POWER(y-1,2)+0.2))-(1/(POWER(x-8,2)+POWER(y-8,2)+0.2)); * Starting point (global solution) * x.L = 4; * y.L = 4; MODEL test /ALL/; SOLVE test USING NLP MINIMIZING objval;