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Learn more about Curve Fitting Toolbox
• Getting Started
• User's Guide
• Interactive Fitting
• Programmatic Curve and Surface Fitting
• Linear and Nonlinear Regression
• Custom Linear and Nonlinear Regression
• Interpolation and Smoothing
• Fit Postprocessing
• Spline Fitting
• About Splines
• Simple Spline Examples
• Types of Splines
• Advanced Spline Examples
• Least-Squares Approximation by Natural Cubic Splines
Problem
General Resolution
Need for a Basis Map
A Basis Map for "Natural" Cubic Splines
The One-line Solution
The Need for Proper Extrapolation
The Correct One-Line Solution
Least-Squares Approximation by Cubic Splines
• Solving A Nonlinear ODE
Approximation Space
Discretization
Numerical Problem
Linearization
Linear System to Be Solved
Iteration
• Construction of the Chebyshev Spline
What Is a Chebyshev Spline?
Choice of Spline Space
Initial Guess
Remez Iteration
• Approximation by Tensor Product Splines
Choice of Sites and Knots
Least Squares Approximation as Function of y
Approximation to Coefficients as Functions of x
The Bivariate Approximation
Switch in Order
Approximation to Coefficients as Functions of y
Comparison and Extension
• Splines Glossary
Bibliography
• Functions
Examples
• Release Notes
Symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Least-Squares Approximation by Natural Cubic Splines
Solving A Nonlinear ODE
Construction of the Chebyshev Spline
Approximation by Tensor Product Splines