From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 01:05:09 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Add powell(), powell1() and their tests.
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Add powell(), powell1() and their tests.
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diff --git a/optimization/test_functions/powell.m b/optimization/test_functions/powell.m
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+function f = powell(x1,x2,x3,x4)
+  ## The Powell function. See Dennis & Schnabel, Appendix B, problem
+  ## #1. (The "regular" Powell function is simply the Extended Powell
+  ## with m=1).
+  ##
+  ## This function has a minimum at x=(0,0,0,0) with f(x) == 0. The
+  ## suggested starting point is x0=(3,-1,0,1).
+  ##
+  f = (x1 + 10*x2)^2 + 5*(x3 - x4)^2;
+  f = f + (x2 - 2*x3)^4 + 10*(x1 - x4)^4;
+end
diff --git a/optimization/test_functions/powell1.m b/optimization/test_functions/powell1.m
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+function f = powell1(x)
+  ##
+  ## A version of the Powell function which takes a column 4-vector as
+  ## an argument instead of four distinct arguments.
+  ##
+  if (length(x) == 4)
+    f = powell(x(1), x(2), x(3), x(4));
+  else
+    f = NA;
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tests/powell1_tests.m b/tests/powell1_tests.m
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+## Test the optimal point.
+
+unit_test_equals("powell1([0;0;0;0]) == 0", ...
+		 0, ...
+		 powell1([0;0;0;0]));
+
+## It should fail with the wrong number of coordinates.
+f = powell1([1;2;3]);
+unit_test_equals("powell1 fails with too few coordinates", ...
+		 true, ...
+		 isna(f));
+
+f = powell1([1;2;3;4;5]);
+unit_test_equals("powell1 fails with too many coordinates", ...
+		 true, ...
+		 isna(f));
diff --git a/tests/powell_tests.m b/tests/powell_tests.m
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+## Test the optimal point.
+
+unit_test_equals("powell(0,0,0,0) == 0", ...
+		 0, ...
+		 powell(0,0,0,0));