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I. Mathematical Expression:

$$f(x)=(x-1)^{10}=x^{10}-10x^9+45x^8-120x^7+210x^6-252x^5+210x^4-120x^3+45x^2-10x+1$$

where:

\(\bullet\) \(0 \leq x \leq 2\)

\(\bullet\) \(f_{min}(x^*)=0\)

\(\bullet\) \(x^*=1\)

 

II. Citation Policy:

If you publish material based on databases obtained from this repository, then, in your acknowledgments, please note the assistance you received by using this repository. This will help others to obtain the same data sets and replicate your experiments. We suggest the following pseudo-APA reference format for referring to this repository:

Ali R. Al-Roomi (2015). Unconstrained Single-Objective Benchmark Functions Repository [https://www.al-roomi.org/benchmarks/unconstrained]. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Dalhousie University, Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Here is a BiBTeX citation as well:

@MISC{Al-Roomi2015,
author = {Ali R. Al-Roomi},
title = {{Unconstrained Single-Objective Benchmark Functions Repository}},
year = {2015},
address = {Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada},
institution = {Dalhousie University, Electrical and Computer Engineering},
url = {https://www.al-roomi.org/benchmarks/unconstrained}
}

 

III. 2D-Plot:

 

IV. MATLAB M-File:

% Rokne's Function # 2
% Range of initial points: 0 <= x <= 2
% Global minima: x=1
% f(x)=0
% Coded by: Ali R. Alroomi | Last Update: 29 June 2015 | www.al-roomi.org
 
clear
clc
warning off
 
xmin=0;
xmax=2;
R=100000; % steps resolution
x=xmin:(xmax-xmin)/R:xmax;
 
for i=1:length(x)
    f(i)=x(i)^10-10*x(i)^9+45*x(i)^8-120*x(i)^7+210*x(i)^6-252*x(i)^5+210*x(i)^4-120*x(i)^3+45*x(i)^2-10*x(i)+1;
end
 
plot(x,f,'r','LineWidth',2);grid;set(gca,'FontSize',12);
xlabel('x','FontName','Times','FontSize',20,'FontAngle','italic');
ylabel('f(x)','FontName','Times','FontSize',20,'FontAngle','italic');

Click here to download m-file

 

V. References:

[1] Dallas R. Wingo, "Globally Minimizing Polynomials without Evaluating Derivatives," International Journal of Computer Mathematics, vol. 17, no. 3-4, pp. 287-294, 1985.
[2] Pierre Hansen, Shi-Hui Lu, and Brigitte Jaumard, "Global Minimization of Univariate Functions by Sequential Polynomial Approximation," International Journal of Computer Mathematics, vol. 28, no. 1-4, pp. 183-193, 1989.
[3] Ali R. Alroomi, "The Farm of Unconstrained Benchmark Functions," University of Bahrain, Electrical and Electronics Department, Bahrain, Oct. 2013. [Online]. Available: http://www.al-roomi.org/cv/publications