%0 Journal Article %A David Lindström %D 2015 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 103, 2015 %T Evaluation of a Surrogate Based Method for Global Optimization %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001424 %V 103 %X We evaluate the performance of a numerical method for global optimization of expensive functions. The method is using a response surface to guide the search for the global optimum. This metamodel could be based on radial basis functions, kriging, or a combination of different models. We discuss how to set the cyclic parameters of the optimization method to get a balance between local and global search. We also discuss the eventual problem with Runge oscillations in the response surface. %P 1629 - 1635