function [y] = powersum(xx, b)

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%
% POWER SUM 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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%
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%
% INPUTS:
%
% xx = [x1, x2, ..., xd]
% b  = d-dimensional vector (optional), with default value
%      [8, 18, 44, 114] (when d=4)
%
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d = length(xx);

if (nargin == 1)
    if (d == 4)
        b = [8, 18, 44, 114];
    else
        error('Value of the d-dimensional vector b is required.')
    end
end

outer = 0;

for ii = 1:d
	inner = 0;
	for jj = 1:d
		xj = xx(jj);
		inner = inner + xj^ii;
    end
    outer = outer + (inner-b(ii))^2;
end

y = outer;

end