Virtual Library of Simulation Experiments:

Optimization Test Problems

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Power Sum Function

Description:

Dimensions: d

The Power Sum function. It is shown above in its two-dimensional form. The recommended value of the b-vector, for d = 4, is: b = (8, 18, 44, 114).

Input Domain:

The function is usually evaluated on the hypercube x_i ∈ [0, d], for all i = 1, …, d.

Code:

Reference:

Global Optimization Test Problems. Retrieved June 2013, from
http://www-optima.amp.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/member/student/hedar/Hedar_files/TestGO.htm.

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For questions or comments, please email Derek Bingham at: dbingham@stat.sfu.ca.