function [y] = linketal06dec(xx)

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% LINKLETTER ET AL. (2006) DECREASING COEFFICIENTS FUNCTION
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% Authors: Sonja Surjanovic, Simon Fraser University
%          Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University
% Questions/Comments: Please email Derek Bingham at dbingham@stat.sfu.ca.
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% INPUT:
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% xx = [x1, x2, ..., x10]
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x1 = xx(1);
x2 = xx(2);
x3 = xx(3);
x4 = xx(4);
x5 = xx(5);
x6 = xx(6);
x7 = xx(7);
x8 = xx(8);

term1 = 0.2*x1 + (0.2/2)*x2;
term2 = (0.2/4)*x3 + (0.2/8)*x4;
term3 = (0.2/16)*x5 + (0.2/32)*x6;
term4 = (0.2/64)*x7 + (0.2/128)*x8;

y = term1 + term2 + term3 + term4;

end