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1 function p = polyfit (x, y, n)
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2
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3 # usage: polyfit (x, y, n)
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4 #
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5 # Returns the coefficients of a polynomial p(x) of degree n that
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6 # minimizes sumsq (p(x(i)) - y(i)), i.e., that best fits the data
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7 # in the least squares sense.
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9 # Written by KH (Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at) on Dec 13, 1994
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10 # Copyright Dept of Statistics and Probability Theory TU Wien
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12 if (nargin != 3)
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13 usage ("polyfit (x, y, n)");
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14 endif
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16 if (! (is_vector (x) && is_vector (y) && size (x) == size (y)))
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17 error ("polyfit: x and y must be vectors of the same size");
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18 endif
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20 if (! (is_scalar (n) && n >= 0 && ! isinf (n) && n == round (n)))
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21 error ("polyfit: n must be a nonnegative integer");
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22 endif
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24 l = length (x);
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25 x = reshape (x, l, 1);
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26 y = reshape (y, l, 1);
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28 X = ones (l, 1);
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30 if (n > 0)
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31 tmp = (x * ones (1, n)) .^ (ones (l, 1) * (1 : n));
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32 X = [X, tmp];
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33 endif
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34
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35 # Compute polynomial coeffients, making returned value compatible
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36 # with Matlab.
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37
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38 [Q, R] = qr (X, 0);
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40 p = flipud (R \ (Q' * y));
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41
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42 if (! prefer_column_vectors)
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43 p = p';
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44 endif
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45
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46 endfunction