Getting Started

    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

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