Jitter

Adds a small amount of noise to an array. Ideal for signal processing or chaos theory.
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Updated 22 Mar 2006

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Jitter adds a small amount of gaussian (white) or uniform noise to a vector, matrix or N-D array.

This function is ideal for adding noise to a signal for processing, or generating starting conditions for chaotic functions.

The magnitude of the noise is given as either a fraction of the smallest difference between values of the input array, or as a fraction of the range of values of this input array.

See picture for an example.

This file is based upon the R function 'jitter' by written by Werner Stahel and Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich.
See http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/base/html/jitter.html
for details of the original.

I've added support for imaginary inputs and gaussian noise, which weren't in the original.

Cite As

Richie Cotton (2024). Jitter (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10425-jitter), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R14SP3
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Corrected problems with help; removed call to range so that the stats toolbox is no longer required; given user control over imaginary noise.