MATLAB Examples

# sigmoid documentation

This function evaluates a simple sigmoid function along x such that

## Syntax

y = sigmoid(x)
y = sigmoid(x,c)
y = sigmoid(x,c,a)

## Description

y = sigmoid(x) generates a sigmoid function along x.

y = sigmoid(x,c) makes a sigmoid that scaled from zero to one, where c corresponds to the x value where y = 0.5. If c is not specified, a default value of c = 0 is assumed.

y = sigmoid(x,c,a) specifies a, the rate of change. If a is close to zero, the sigmoid function will be gradual. If a is large, the sigmoid function will have a steep or sharp transition. If a is negative, the sigmoid will go from 1 to zero. A default value of a=1 is assumed if a is not declared.

## Example 1

A simple sigmoid:

x = -10:.01:10; plot(x,sigmoid(x)) 

## Example 2

Make a sigmoid function along x = 1 to 100, such that y(x=60) = 0.5:

x = 1:100; y = sigmoid(x,60); figure plot(x,y,'b','linewidth',2) box off 

Now do the same thing as above, but make the transition more gradual:

y2 = sigmoid(x,60,0.1); hold on plot(x,y2,'r','linewidth',2) legend('default a = 1','a = 1/10','location','northwest') legend boxoff 

## Author Info:

This function was written by Chad A. Greene of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), May 28, 2015.