Thread Subject: quad2d sfit

Hi All,

I am looking to integrate the area under a surface fit. I searched for a method to do this and found a page on qyad2d
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/quad2d.html

which claimed the function quad2d will "Numerically integrate sfit object"

However when I try to run it I get the error message

"First input argument must be a function handle."

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening, do I need a more recent version of Matlab?

Thanks,
A

"Aaron " <macraiga@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I am looking to integrate the area under a surface fit. I searched for a
> method to do this and found a page on qyad2d
> http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/quad2d.html
>
> which claimed the function quad2d will "Numerically integrate sfit object"
>
> However when I try to run it I get the error message
>
> "First input argument must be a function handle."
>
> Can anyone explain to me why this is happening, do I need a more recent
> version of Matlab?

The QUAD2D method for surface fit (sfit) objects was introduced in version
2.1 of Curve Fitting Toolbox, which was part of release R2009b.

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/rn/br5i38t-1.html

If you're using an older version of the toolbox, MATLAB interprets that code
as a call to the QUAD2D _function_ which expects its first input to be a
function handle. As a workaround, write:

quad2d(@(x, y) mySFITobject(x, y), lowerXlimit, upperXlimit, lowerYlimit,
upperYlimit)

making the obvious substitutions.

If you are using this version of the toolbox, post how you're calling QUAD2D
on the sfit object.

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