Preface
What Is the Curve Fitting Toolbox?
Exploring the Toolbox
Related Products
Using This Guide
Expected Background
How This Guide Is Organized
Documentation Examples and Data Sets
Installation Information
Typographical Conventions
Getting Started with the Curve Fitting Toolbox
Opening the Curve Fitting Tool
Importing the Data
Fitting the Data
The Data Fitting Procedure
Determining the Best Fit
Saving the Fit Results
Analyzing the Fit
Saving the Analysis Results
Saving Your Work
Saving the Session
Generating an M-File
Examples
Importing, Viewing, and Preprocessing Data
Importing Data Sets
Example: Importing Data
Viewing Data
Viewing Data Graphically
Viewing Data Numerically
Smoothing Data
Moving Average Filtering
Lowess and Loess: Local Regression Smoothing
Savitzky-Golay Filtering
Example: Smoothing Data
Excluding and Sectioning Data
Marking Outliers
Sectioning
Example: Excluding and Sectioning Data
Example: Sectioning Periodic Data
Additional Preprocessing Steps
Transforming the Response Data
Removing Infs, NaNs, and Outliers
Selected Bibliography
Fitting Data
The Fitting Process
Parametric Fitting
Basic Assumptions About the Error
The Least Squares Fitting Method
Library Models
Custom Equations
Specifying Fit Options
Evaluating the Goodness of Fit
Example: Rational Fit
Example: Fitting with Custom Equations
Example: Robust Fit
Nonparametric Fitting
Interpolants
Smoothing Spline
Example: Nonparametric Fit
Selected Bibliography
Functions - By Category
Fitting Data
Getting Information and Help
Getting and Setting Properties
Preprocessing Data
Postprocessing Data
General Purpose
Functions - Alphabetical List
Printable Documentation (PDF)
Product Page (Web)