To find ONE function which has ONE of TWO possible shapes

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I looking for a function $y=f(x)$ (with minimum number of parameters $c_1,c_2,c_3,...$) satisfying all of the following properties:

  • $f'(x)>0 \text{ } \forall \text{ } x \ge 0$,
  • $\lim_{x \rightarrow\infty}f(x)$ exists,
  • Depending upon the values of the parameters, the number of inflection points of $f$ can be either $0$ or $1$ (as we require). So for example, $$y=c_1+c_2e^{{c_3}x}$$ is not a valid form, because whatever values of the parameters $c_1,c_2,c_3$, we can not have $1$ inflection point if we require that.

The only form I get (by trying) is:

$$y=c_1+c_2e^{c_3(x^{c_4}+c_5)^{c_6}}$$

For example,

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both blue curve and red curve have the same form, but we can fix the number of inflection points to be $0$ or $1$ is we wish by changing the parameters.


I found this: $$y=c_1+c_2e^{c_3(x^{c_4}+c_5)^{c_6}}$$ can you suggest me other?


Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!