# ReduceMin {#openvino_docs_ops_reduction_ReduceMin_1}

**Versioned name**: *ReduceMin-1*

**Category**: *Reduction*

**Short description**: *ReduceMin* operation performs the reduction with finding the minimum value on a given input `data` along dimensions specified by `axes` input.

**Detailed Description**

*ReduceMin* operation performs the reduction with finding the minimum value on a given input `data` along dimensions specified by `axes` input.
Each element in the output is calculated as follows:

    output[i0, i1, ..., iN] = min[j0, ..., jN](x[j0, ..., jN]))

where indices i0, ..., iN run through all valid indices for input `data`, and finding the minimum value `min[j0, ..., jN]` has `jk = ik` for those dimensions `k` that are not in the set of indices specified by `axes` input.

Particular cases:

1. If `axes` is an empty list, *ReduceMin* corresponds to the identity operation.
2. If `axes` contains all dimensions of input `data`, a single reduction value is calculated for the entire input tensor.

**Attributes**

* *keep_dims*

  * **Description**: If set to `true`, it holds axes that are used for the reduction. For each such axis, the output dimension is equal to 1.
  * **Range of values**: `true` or `false`
  * **Type**: `boolean`
  * **Default value**: `false`
  * **Required**: *no*

**Inputs**

* **1**: `data` - A tensor of type *T* and arbitrary shape. **Required.**

* **2**: `axes` - Axis indices of `data` input tensor, along which the reduction is performed. A scalar or 1D tensor of unique elements and type *T_IND*. The range of elements is `[-r, r-1]`, where `r` is the rank of `data` input tensor. **Required.**

**Outputs**

* **1**: The result of *ReduceMin* function applied to `data` input tensor. A tensor of type *T* and `shape[i] = shapeOf(data)[i]` for all `i` dimensions not in `axes` input tensor. For dimensions in `axes`, `shape[i] == 1` if `keep_dims == true`; otherwise, the `i`-th dimension is removed from the output.

**Types**

* *T*: any supported numeric type.
* *T_IND*: any supported integer type.

**Examples**

```xml
<layer id="1" type="ReduceMin" ...>
    <data keep_dims="true" />
    <input>
        <port id="0">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>10</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
        <port id="1">
            <dim>2</dim>         <!-- value is [2, 3] that means independent reduction in each channel and batch -->
        </port>
    </input>
    <output>
        <port id="2">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>1</dim>
            <dim>1</dim>
        </port>
    </output>
</layer>
```

```xml
<layer id="1" type="ReduceMin" ...>
    <data keep_dims="false" />
    <input>
        <port id="0">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>10</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
        <port id="1">
            <dim>2</dim>         <!-- value is [2, 3] that means independent reduction in each channel and batch -->
        </port>
    </input>
    <output>
        <port id="2">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
        </port>
    </output>
</layer>
```

```xml
<layer id="1" type="ReduceMin" ...>
    <data keep_dims="false" />
    <input>
        <port id="0">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>10</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
        <port id="1">
            <dim>1</dim>         <!-- value is [1] that means independent reduction in each channel and spatial dimensions -->
        </port>
    </input>
    <output>
        <port id="2">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>10</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
    </output>
</layer>
```

```xml
<layer id="1" type="ReduceMin" ...>
    <data keep_dims="false" />
    <input>
        <port id="0">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>10</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
        <port id="1">
            <dim>1</dim>         <!-- value is [-2] that means independent reduction in each channel, batch and second spatial dimension -->
        </port>
    </input>
    <output>
        <port id="2">
            <dim>6</dim>
            <dim>12</dim>
            <dim>24</dim>
        </port>
    </output>
</layer>
```