These are the n-dim Matlab functions by A. Hedar (2005), translated to Python-numpy.
http://www-optima.amp.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/member/student/hedar/Hedar_files/TestGO.htm
ackley dp griew levy mich perm powell power rast rosen schw sphere sum2 trid zakh .m
+ ellipse nesterov powellsincos
http://imgur.com/Iu9H0jk is a plot of 3 no-derivative algorithms, NLOpt LN_BOBYQA LN_PRAXIS LN_SBPLX,