test_min
test_min,
a Fortran90 code which
defines problems involving the minimization
of a scalar function of a scalar argument.
The code can be useful for testing algorithms that
attempt to minimize a scalar function of a scalar argument.
Each problem has an index number, and there are a corresponding
set of routines, with names beginning with the index number, to:
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evaluate f(x);
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evaluate f'(x);
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evaluate f"(x);
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return the title of the problem;
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return a starting point;
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return a starting search interval;
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return the exact solution;
There is also a "generic" problem interface, whose routines all
begin with "P00". This allows the user to call all possible
problems in a single simple loop, by passing the desired index
number through the generic interface.
The functions can be invoked by an index number, and include:
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f(x) = ( x - 2 )^2 + 1;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = x^2 + exp ( -x );
a PNG image;
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f(x) = x^4 + 2x^2 + x + 3;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = exp ( x ) + 0.01 / x;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = exp ( x ) - 2 * x + 0.01 / x - 0.000001 / x^2;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = 2 - x;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = ( x + sin ( x ) ) * exp ( -x^2 );
a PNG image;
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f(x) = 3 * x^2 + 1 + ( log ( ( x - pi )^2 ) ) / pi^4;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = x^2 - 10 sin ( x^2 - 3x + 2);
a PNG image;
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f(x) = cos(x)+5*cos(1.6*x)-2*cos(2*x)+5*cos(4.5*x)+7*cos(9*x);
a PNG image;
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f(x) = 1+|3x-1|;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = x^2+sin(53*x);
a PNG image;
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f(x) = 2*x^4-7*x^2+3*x+5;
a PNG image;
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f(x) = 1.0 / ( ( x - 0.3 )^2 + 0.01 ) + 1.0 / ( ( x - 0.9 )^2 + 0.04 ) - 6.0;
a PNG image;
Licensing:
The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.
Languages:
test_min is available in
a C version and
a C++ version and
a Fortran77 version and
a Fortran90 version and
a MATLAB version and
an Octave version and
a Python version.
Related Data and Programs:
test_min_test
brent,
a Fortran90 code which
contains Richard Brent's routines for finding the zero, local minimizer,
or global minimizer of a scalar function of a scalar argument, without
the use of derivative information.
nms,
a Fortran90 code which
includes a routine called fmin() which seeks the minimizer of a
scalar function of a scalar argument.
Reference:
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Isabel Beichl, Dianne O'Leary, Francis Sullivan,
Monte Carlo Minimization and Counting: One, Two, Too Many,
Computing in Science and Engineering,
Volume 9, Number 1, January/February 2007.
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Richard Brent,
Algorithms for Minimization without Derivatives,
Dover, 2002,
ISBN: 0-486-41998-3,
LC: QA402.5.B74.
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David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
Numerical Methods and Software,
Prentice Hall, 1989,
ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
LC: TA345.K34.
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Arnold Krommer, Christoph Ueberhuber,
Numerical Integration on Advanced Computer Systems,
Springer, 1994,
ISBN: 3540584102,
LC: QA299.3.K76.
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Dianne O'Leary,
Scientific Computing with Case Studies,
SIAM, 2008,
ISBN13: 978-0-898716-66-5,
LC: QA401.O44.
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LE Scales,
Introduction to Non-Linear Optimization,
Springer, 1985,
ISBN: 0-387-91252-5,
LC: QA402.5.S33.
Source Code:
Last revised on 02 August 2019.
