EzyFit 2.44
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The Ezyfit toolbox for Matlab enables you to perform simple curve fitting of one-dimensional data using arbitrary (non linear) fitting functions.
EzyFit adds a new menu to your figure windows, which allows you to easily fit your data with predefined or user-defined fit equations, including selection of your data (outliers removing) using the ``Data Brushing'' tool available since Matlab 7.6).
This toolbox also provides a set of command-line functions to perform curve fitting 'programmatically': you just have to type something like showfit('c+a/x^n') and EzyFit gives you the values for c, a and n and shows you the curve!
Visit http://www.fast.u-psud.fr/ezyfit/ for additional info.
Installation and system requirements
EzyFit needs Matlab 7.0 or higher. It has been tested up to R2015b, but mainly under Windows. The command-line functions (e.g. ezfit, showfit...) work equally well on all systems. However graphical operations (e.g. showslope, getslope...) are not fully stable.
1. Download and unzip the EzyFit Toolbox in a directory somewhere in your system. For instance, in a Windows installation, the directory Documents/MATLAB/ezyfit may be a good location. Do NOT install the toolbox in the Matlab directory itself (Program Files/Matlab directory in Windows). If you upgrade from an older version, first empty the previous directory.
2. Select 'Set Path' (available in the menu File in Matlab 7, or in the tab Home in Matlab 8). In the dialog box, click on 'Add Folder' (NOT 'with subfolders') and select the ezyfit directory. Click on 'Save' and 'Close'.
3. If you want to always have the Ezyfit menu in your figures, type
'efmenu install'. This will create or update your 'startup.m' file.
Note: If you upgrade Matlab and you want to use your previous Ezyfit installation, you just have to follow the steps 2-3.
Examples:
plotsample power % a power law
showfit c*x^n
plotsample hist % an histogram
f = ezfit('gauss'); % fits with a Gaussian
f % displays the values of the coefficients
Cite As
Frederic Moisy (2020). EzyFit 2.44 (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10176-ezyfit-2-44), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Comments and Ratings (180)
Updates
| 2.44.0.0 | Bug fixes (see the release notes) |
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| 2.43.0.0 | v2.43: The Ezyfit menu is compatible with the new Graphics system of Matlab R2014b (8.4) |
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| 1.7.0.0 | Bug fixed in 'efmenu install' for Windows users |
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| 1.6.0.0 | 1 additional minor bug fixed |
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| 1.5.0.0 | 2 minor bugs fixed |
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| 1.4.0.0 | 2 bugs fixed: fits in log coordinates now work correctly, and 'efmenu install' now compatible with Windows 7. |
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| 1.3.0.0 | Bug fixed : the figure files (.FIG) and user interfaces (GUI) were corrupted with the Ezyfit menu. This issue has been fixed. See the new function "remove_efmenu_fig.m". |
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| 1.2.0.0 | Added support to the "Data Brushing" tool (Matlab 7.6) |
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| 1.1.0.0 | Now suport the "Data Brushing" tool of Matlab 7.6 |
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| 1.0.0.0 | Description text improved |
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New version 2.20. See release notes for details. |
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New version 2.10: See the 'release notes' page for changes. |
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help text improved |
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New version (2.04)
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The 'EasyFit' toolbox has been renamed 'EzyFit', in order to avoid confusion with other existing products. |
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Minor bugs fixed (see the release notes in the help browser) |
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minor bugs fixed (see the release notes in the help browser). |
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Romain Vallon (view profile)
Hello everyone,
This is the first time I use the ezyfit toolbox and I encountered some issues while trying to fit data with a userdefined fit.
While running the ezfit function the following error is raised :
fit = ezfit(x,y,'novikov1d')
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Undefined function 'eq2ml' for input arguments of type 'char'.
Error in ezfit (line 425)
[eqml,param] = eq2ml(f.eq, f.xvar);
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I had a closer look to the function eq2ml and it seems that the error comes from the findword function :
[posword,word] = findword(eqml)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Undefined function 'findword' for input arguments of type 'char'.
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Where eqml = 'y(x)=A.*a.^(3/2)./(sqrt(2*pi).*sigma.*x.^(3/2)).*exp(-a./(2.*sigma.^2).*(a.*x.^(-1/2)-x.^(1/2)).^2'
Any ideas to fix this ?
Best,
Ashley Trowell (view profile)
Stepan Jezek (view profile)
Great tool, many thanks!
laurent jalabert (view profile)
hello, I am wondering how to fit data array with basic aX+b, but with restricting the fit for values of X>Xth (threshold), and showing the fit curve on the overall X range ?
I guess I have to create the vector
Xq=X(max(find(X>Xth)):end),
then
f2 = ezfit(X,Y,'a*x+b','log','extrapol','on');
then
V = interp1(Xq,Yq,X,METHOD,'extrap');
then
plot(X,Y,Xq,V,'r--')
Is it correct ?
laurent jalabert (view profile)
Amirhossein Rahimi (view profile)
Francisco Garcia Rosales (view profile)
Sim Mah (view profile)
Perfect. Many thanks.
Francisco Garcia Rosales (view profile)
Hello,
Like Shahbaz before, I'm trying to fit a second order polynomial to my data, and I get R values greater than 1. Any ideas regarding that?
Frederik Rösch (view profile)
Hello Frederic,
thank you so much for your toolbox, it is much appreciated!
I have a question regarding limiting the parameters. Is it possible for example to allow positive results for a parameter?
If I want to use the function 'y(x) = = a * x^3 + b * x^2 + c * x + d * x^0.5 + e' but I already know that parameters 'd' and 'e' must/should be positive?
Many thanks and best regards, Frederik
Zahra Shaf (view profile)
Hi , Thank you for your toolbox. I have a question and I would greatly appreciate if you could help me.
Can I fit my Plot to another Reference plot? I mean I do not want to fit to the specific equation, I have a plot from the experiment which I want to fit with the plot from reference.
Grégoire Le Brun (view profile)
Hello, I'm not able to use the erf function (I got this error :
Error using ezfit (line 552)
Fit: error during the fminsearch procedure
Error in showfit (line 162)
f=ezfit(fun,varargin{2:end});
Error while evaluating Menu Callback)
Is the erf function implemented in Ezyfit ?
Thank you.
Shahbaz Alvi (view profile)
I am using this new version of EzFit and for some reason I am getting R values greater than one. In this a known problem?
Toni Wöhrl (view profile)
Yue Jiang (view profile)
Can I use it for lorentz fit?
Ilkka Kivelä (view profile)
Kirstie Caravani (view profile)
Edoardo Saccenti (view profile)
Hi, the ezyfit menu does not show up on the Figure menu. Any clue? Using Matlab 2016
Peter Sandor (view profile)
Jan Kappen (view profile)
Raul Tupac (view profile)
Hello Frederic, great work and thank you for this toolbox. I have a question, it is possible to plot the interval confidents for each fit?
xiaoxi chen (view profile)
Thank you!
Amanda T (view profile)
Hi. Thank you so much for your response. I don't know why it wasn't letting me move it before. I have 3 datapoints with error that I want to fit with custom equation. I have 70 sets of these. I made a for loop and some fits are perfect and others are way off. Any ideas of why that would be? Thank you!
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Amanda T,
Of course you can move the equation box where you want in the figure: just click and drag! FM
Amanda T (view profile)
Is there a way to move the fit details on the plot to another location on the plot? It's covering my data when it displays on the top left. The top right would be better. I can't drag the box either. The box has the custom equation I am using and the fit variables. Thank you! This program is awesome!
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Mihaela,
thanks for your message. The new definition is given in the doc page of ezfit, see: http://www.fast.u-psud.fr/ezyfit/html/ezfit.html
Mihaela Turcanu (view profile)
Thank you for the tool! In the reference note there is a NB saying hat the definition of R changed in Ezyfit v2.44.
What is the new definition?
Many, many thanks in advance!
yongjun wang (view profile)
Thanks a lot for the tool ! I wanted to use it for error function fitting as following:
f=ezfit('y(x)=a+b*erf((x-c)/d);a=100;b=120;c=35;d=6')
but kept on getting following errors even with good guess.
Error using ezfit (line 552)
Fit: error during the fminsearch procedure
Ebrahim Abdel Gawwad (view profile)
Dear Fredric, thank you for updating
and many thanks from my students
after using MATLAB2016 there is a problem efmenu install is not known do you mean install
arnold (view profile)
Hi Frederic, thanks for updating!
I still get an error trying to fit a gaussian to a histogram. Is there any workaround?
The error is as follows:
Reference to non-existent field 'XData'.
Error in pickdata (line 89)
x=co.XData;
Error in ezfit (line 211)
[x,y,h] = pickdata(fp);
Error in showfit (line 164)
f=ezfit(fun,varargin{2:end});
Error while evaluating Menu Callback
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Ezyfit Users,
The efmenu bug is fixed in version 2.43.
F. Moisy
pihalbe (view profile)
Hey, it's a very easy to handle fit programm! thx u! is it possible to show the standard errors of the fit parameters?
arnold (view profile)
great tool but yeah, many isues under the newer matlab releases. Under 2015b (and I assume before), it doesn't work for the new 'histogram' function, i.e.
Reference to non-existent field 'XData'. Error in pickdata (line 83)
What a shame matlab doesn't include something like this with its curve-fitting-toolbox i.e.
Sky Sartorius (view profile)
Pretty great tool. Thank you.
I expected more problems with using a newer version of Matlab with this, but so far I've only had to slightly change one like to make it work (line 95 in efmenu.m).
sama (view profile)
Thanks a lot for this file. I am wondering how can I use it if I plot data from excel sheet by xlsread. Thanks
Rica (view profile)
Great tool. Is it possible to add the RMSE also showed in the Plot?
Thnak you
Agent AY2 (view profile)
The error mentioned below is caused by matlab changing the format for its figure data in more recent versions. To fix this issue:
1. Open efmenu.m from your ezyfit folder
2. Locate the line "if get(0,'CurrentFigure')" (normally around line 95
3. Replace it with "if not(isempty(get(0,'CurrentFigure')))"
4. Save and exit the file
This should fix the issue!
Nathan Orloff (view profile)
I love this toolbox, but in 2014 it doesnt show up in my figure gui. Not sure whats wrong, but I would love to continue using it.
Elisabeth Bouchaud (view profile)
Has anyone encountered this message error (using Matlab 2014b) :
"Error in efmenu (line 95)
if get(0,'CurrentFigure')"
Thanks for your help.
Shubham (view profile)
Mathew (view profile)
Many errors in Matlab 2014b, is there any fix coming?
Arkadiusz (view profile)
Having some problems after upgrading Matlab to 2014b version. Following Olaf's sugegstions, some of the problems are solved (efmenu in figure), however still cannot do fit, returned error:
Error in pickdata (line 84)
x=co.XData;
Error in ezfit (line 210)
[x,y,h] = pickdata(fp);
Error in showfit (line 164)
f=ezfit(fun,varargin{2:end});
(The line numbers might have changed since I tried to investigate a bit the problem)
Anyone has seen the same issue ??
Arkadiusz
Olaf Bousche (view profile)
Excellent tool. Needed a quick bug fix in 2014b:
in efmenu.m, replace everything with set(0,.. with set(groot,.. and get(0,.. with get(groot,... Also fixed line 95:
should be
if ~isempty(get(groot,'CurrentFigure'))
Replace everything with set(0,.. with set(groot,.. and get(0,.. with get(groot,... in other files as well
Olaf
Mikhail (view profile)
Galib (view profile)
Pretty impressive, but I will have to study it more to understand the way it converges differently for different seeds for y=Y_inf+(Y_0-Y_inf)exp(-t/Tau), where Y_inf is the seed.
Fernando Schlindwein
Jonathan (view profile)
Having trouble getting the Ezyfit option on my figures. The tool is function within matlab, but not appearing in an interactive way on my figures. Matlab 2013b... Any help appreciated!
Qianqian Fang (view profile)
for those of you who want to set a bound to the parameters, you may try the following patch:
fangq@wazu:~/space/Libraries/ezyfit$ diff ezfit.m.old ezfit.m
203a204
> bounds={};
240a242,244
> if nargin>4
> bounds={varargin{5:end}};
> end
548c552
< m=fminsearch(@fitlin, m0);
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> m=fminsearchbnd(@fitlin, m0,bounds{:});
559c563
< m=fminsearch(@fitlog, m0); % bug fixed here! (v2.51)
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> m=fminsearchbnd(@fitlog, m0,bounds{:}); % bug fixed here! (v2.51)
you will need to download the fminsearchbnd function from
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8277-fminsearchbnd-fminsearchcon
and put the files under your matlab search path.
to set a bound, use
fitdata=ezfit(xdata,ydata,fun,p_ini,lb,ub);
where lb and ub are the lower/upper bounds, respectively, similar to those required by fminsearchbnd.
Kyle (view profile)
James, Sara, Thierry and all others:
R2013b doesn't have the start button anymore. To install, get your path to ezyfit (setpath) and save it in the Environment tab. Then there is a hard coded problem in efmenu.m at line 212. The semi-colon should be a colon:
212 sufolder = strrep(userpath,':','');
James (view profile)
Thierry NOVO, I never solved the problem. I had to stop using it. Too bad, I really liked it. I hope the issue is resolved soon.
Tina (view profile)
Hello,
I have a question: is there a way to force variables being smaller than a certain value or within an interval?
F.i. something like f=ezfit(x,y,'a/(1+exp(-b*(x-c)))+d;a=8&a>0;b<1&b>0;c=70;d=0'); (this of course does not work)
Thierry NOVO (view profile)
James, I have the same issue when i try to install Ezyfit to Matlab R2012a. No start button and when i type efmenu install i obtain the same message like you.
Do you solve your installation problem
Jim Quirk (view profile)
Li (view profile)
Jose (view profile)
Excellent AND very functional software. How do you deal with Constants? I want to fix the value of one of the variables (use constants), however I haven't figured out how to do this.
arnold (view profile)
I came up with my own solution for the problem with the equation box and subplots.
I used 'bordertext' from Jan de Wilde
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/41475-bordertext
Then I replaced the 'annotation' in EZfit's 'showeqbox.m' (last lines) against this:
hboxeq = bordertext( 'innertopleft', streq, '[orange]' );
[orange] is the standard color of ezfit and since 'bordertext' does not accept RGB colors, I just added this to the code myself which is very easy as well.
The result is a much cleaner eqbox, well, it isn't a box anymore. The positioning is relative to each axis. One can set background colors and everything else in 'bordertext' too.
Here's the result:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2458/ymj9.jpg
Przemyslaw (view profile)
Arnaud (view profile)
arnold (view profile)
Gotta love it.
Sadly it doesn't get along with subplots at all. Does anybody have a solution for that?
Enrico Fonda (view profile)
James (view profile)
When I run efmenu install, I get the following error:
===============
Error using fprintf
Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.
Error in efmenu>install_ef (line 248)
fprintf(fid,'%s\n','%STARTUP Startup file');
Error in efmenu (line 90)
install_ef;
===============
I have used ezyfit in prior versions of MatLab, and liked it very much. I am now using R2013a, and would like to use it again. Any suggestions?
arnold (view profile)
Hi,
can't get "efmenu" to work in startup file.
I always get this Warning when starting Matlab 2012b:
===========================
Warning: Executing startup failed in matlabrc.
This indicates a potentially serious problem in your MATLAB setup,
which should be resolved as soon as possible. Error detected was:
MATLAB:minrhs
Not enough input arguments.
> In matlabrc at 205
===========================
any ideas where this warning originates? Executing efmenu when matlab is already running works perfectly.
Bruce (view profile)
So far, love it... An improvement suggestion, modify extrapolate (or add a user option) to not extrapolate in the Y dimension as well as the X.
and a "bug". If there are several subplots, and showfit is used on several of them, the equation boxes are all drawn in the upper left subplot, not in the relevant subplot.
Otherwise, love it!!!
arnold (view profile)
very nice, thanks a lot!
How about adding conficence intervals at sigma or 2sigma surroundings? :)
Alexander Kosenkov (view profile)
Very nice and easy-to-use tool! Thank you!
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Razvan,
the definition of the coefficient R is given here: http://www.fast.u-psud.fr/ezyfit/html/ezfit.html
Razvan (view profile)
Nice toolbox!
What exactly is the R coefficient that is displayed in the fit? Is this the same as R^2 from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_determination
Alec de Zegher (view profile)
Very good!
Reid (view profile)
I love the toolbox, it was invaluable with a recent project, but it seems to cause an error with the MEX function. I am using Windows 7 64-bit system with MATLAB R2011b. I went through a lot of troubleshooting with MathWorks help, so I'm confident this was the source.
Matthias Pospiech (view profile)
With every fit, that contains more than 4 search parameters I get the result
Fit: error during the fminsearch procedure
Even if I created the fitparameters using the curve fitting tool, so that the initial parameters are highly optimized.
David Staedter (view profile)
just come by this very nice and handy toolbox. its great
question: is it possible to show the standard errors for this fit parameters? that would be very useful. param B +- se.
or to get the jacobian matrix?
Saurabh Singh (view profile)
Nice tool indeed!
However, I have vector 'Y' with vectors 'U' and 'L' of same length as that of 'Y' defining upper and lower error ranges respectively of elements Y(i).
Using Ezfit for curve fitting, what I can provide is symmetrical error range dy. Is there anyway to include both the upper(U) and lower bound (L) while fitting the curve?
Michael Melzer (view profile)
Florian Knorn (view profile)
Oh, just one question. Maybe it's just me, but I can figure out a way to use constants in an Ezfit FUN expression. Sure, I could use subs to replace known variables by their numerical values before using ezfit, but it would be very handy, in particular for scripting, if you could tell ezfit which variables *not* to consider unknown but rather use the currently assigned value for...
Florian Knorn (view profile)
Very useful, as good as an "original" Matlab toolbox. Frédéric, you really should put a PayPal donation button on your page for me and other people to click! Your work and efforts very much deserve it.
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
To Nick:
Yes, the problem is fixed since July 2010.
See the function "remove_efmenu_fig.m".
-- The author
Nick (view profile)
Hi there,
Re: EZYFIT MENU IN SAVED FIGURES AND GUIs conversation back in 2008. Has anyone figured out how to remove the toolbox from the GUI figures? It causes a problem where I am sharing GUIs and they don't have the Ezyfit software.
Any help would be useful,
Phuoc (view profile)
Sarah (view profile)
seem to have solved the problem. Sorry for posting.
Sarah (view profile)
Hi Frederic, this looks like a very nice plugin. I am using matlab 2010a, but after adding the path and restarting, ezyfit does not show up. Also if I try efmenu install :
??? Error using ==> fprintf
Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.
Error in ==> efmenu>install_ef at 237
fprintf(fid,'%s\n','%STARTUP Startup file');
Error in ==> efmenu at 86
install_ef;
How can I fix this?
Simon (view profile)
Very useful, Thanks a lot!
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Joseph,
Thank you for your suggestion.
But please note that this issue has already been addressed: use the function remove_efmenu_fig (included in the toolbox since 2010) in order to remove the Ezyfit menu from a saved figure.
-- The author
Joseph Cheng (view profile)
Follow these steps get rid of the error that efmenu doesn't exist in GUIs created while Ezfit was installed:
**Note I'd create a backup in case something goes wrong.**
fname='fig.fig'; % <- your fig name...
load(fname,'-mat');
hgS_070000.properties
%get rid of the 'efmenu' entry in CreateFcn
%additionally you'll need to get rid of the EZfit items created in the GUI.
hgS_070000.children
%Go through and get rid of any remaining references in the
%children that are related to Ezfit.
save(fnam,'hgS_070000');
%These remaining reference items are most likely the EZfit uimenus and can alternatively be remove
%in the Menu Editor inside the GUIDE interface.
Yvonne Haesevoets (view profile)
Great tool. Thanks for sharing.
Nathan Tomlin (view profile)
João Faria (view profile)
Homerarg (view profile)
Thorsten Maly (view profile)
Carl (view profile)
vick Audi (view profile)
Problem with unistallation:
Even after following your following recommended steps (under full unistallation):
Full uninstallation
In order to remove the Ezyfit toolbox from your Matlab installation, follow the 3 steps:
1. Edit the 'startup file' by typing
edit startup
and remove the following lines
% These lines have been added by 'efmenu install' (01-Apr-2008 23:10:11):
efmenu; % Includes the EzyFit menu for all new figure.
fprintf(' To get started with the EzyFit toolbox, select EzyFit from the Help browser.\n\n');
2. From the menu 'File > Set Path', select the directory '../ezyfit', and click on 'Remove' and 'Save'.
3. Restart Matab.
%*************************************%
I'm getting the following error when I run my GUI:
%*************************************%
??? Error using ==> struct2handle
Undefined function or variable 'efmenu'.
??? Error using ==> struct2handle
Error while evaluating figure CreateFcn
%*************************************%
This is getting a little annoying now. Kindly suggest a fix. Thanks
rene (view profile)
Brilliant plugin, though i had problems getting it to work with matlab 2010a.
If anybody else is having problems with getslope.m you have to change line 76 from
if v>=7.4
to
if v>=7.4 || regexp(strv,'.*R20\d\d.*')==1
This should correct the version detection.
rene (view profile)
Francois Anquez (view profile)
Very Nice tool !
Easy and rapid handle. Something that sometime miss me with matlab...
Thanks to the author.
Kassi (view profile)
I would also like support for NaN values, please! :)
Roman Voronov (view profile)
Please add support for NaN values
Wesley (view profile)
Al Ka (view profile)
Very good plugin but I have a serious problem with evalfit(). I have the following code:
x = [1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749];
x= x';
y = 1.0e+03 * [1.0408 1.0392 1.0376 1.0362 1.0348 1.0335 1.0323 1.0312 1.0302 1.0293 1.0285 1.0278 1.0271 1.0266 1.0261 1.0258 1.0255];
y=y';
f = ezfit(x,y,'y=20-a*10*log(x)');
figure; plot(f.x,f.y, 'b-');
figure; plot(x,evalfit(f,x),'r-');
If you run it you will see that the two plots are way off while they should be almost identical. I guess. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.
I want to use evalfit to extrapolate some data. Thank you in advance!
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Basim Kakakhel,
Please try the following: ezfit(c,y,'y(c)=a*(1-exp(-b*c)')
Basim Kakakhel (view profile)
An excellent utility, I am having little trouble in running the following.
I have two vectors of 360 elements each.
First vector is y which contains the pixel number from 1-360
the second vector is c, it contains the values for the y vector.
the aim is to fit a function similar to this
y=a(1-exp(b*c))
I am more interested in the a coefficient. However i am getting the following error.
ezfit(y,c,'y=a*(1-exp(-b*c)')
??? Error using ==> ezfit at 549
Fit: error during the fminsearch procedure
Liang Jin (view profile)
Great features and easy to use.
Patrick (view profile)
Very helpful tool! In stock form, can't handle completely arbitrary fit functions; EQ2ML doesn't convert parameters in expressions such as 'myfitfun(K,x)' to the required m(i) format for fminsearch, since it treats 'K,x' as a single token. This is quickly fixed by adding ',' to the list of delimiters used by FINDWORD, after which it handles that input just fine.
Along those lines, it would be nice if you could specify the fit function using a handle; restricting the 'x' variable to be either the first or last free variable in the handle/anonymous function should allow that.
Siva (view profile)
Just great !
Christopher Coello (view profile)
Great, great toolbox, really useful.
One possible improvment: to handle subplot command in the display using showfit. Now, when doing subplot, the info about the fit always shows on the first subplot (subplot(xxx,xxx,1)).
Matthias (view profile)
You're a champion for creating this!
Thanks very much...
I do have a couple of questions I would like to ask:
When you say "There is no way for the moment to change this number of iterations in EzyFit", I am a bit confused by this. In fminsearch the default for 'MaxInter' and 'MaxFunEvals' are both '200*numberOfVariables'.
I have set these to 2000000*numberOfVariables but I still run into the exact same error when using:
ezfit(x,y, a1*exp(-b1*x)+a2*exp(-b2*x)+y0)
The error is:
Exiting: Maximum number of function evaluations has been exceeded
- increase MaxFunEvals option.
Current function value: 30502.906917
Also, since MaxInter and MaxfunEvals both must be integer values, I do not understand how the iteration above can have decimal values. Or maybe I am misinterpreting it?
The other thing I wanted to say is that if run fminsearch and call fitfun as per the code below, fminsearch is able to generate a perfect 3 exponent decay function in 175 iterations (i.e., much lower than 30502.906917). I should think ezfit should be able to achieve the exact same result if allowed to iterate within definable constraints (see TollX and TollFun below), because it also uses fminsearch.
Finally, probably a dumb question, how come 'showfit' will work when I supply a 3 (or 2) exponent function but ezfit fails with the above iteration error?
Looking forward to reading your answers......this is otherwise a brilliant toolbox.
Best regards,
Matthias
code:
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% Define initial paramters
t = x;
y = y;
% Grab x and y values generated in ginput
TolFun = .000000001;
TolX = 0.1;
% TolFun = Termination tolerance on the function value
% TolX = Termination tolerance on x
% Plot x and y
set(0,'DefaultFigureWindowStyle','docked')
figure;plot(t,y,'ro')
hold on
h = plot(t,y,'b');
hold off
title('Input data')
start = [0;0;0];
% Define starting lambdas (initial guesses)
outputFcn = @(x,optimvalues,state) fitoutputfun(x,optimvalues,state,t,y,h);
% User defined output function for each iteration of fminsearch
options = optimset('OutputFcn',outputFcn,'TolX',TolX,'TolFun',TolFun, 'Display', 'iter');
% Options for fminsearch
estimated_lambda = fminsearch(@(x)fitfun_v2(x,t,y),start,options);
Brad Ridder (view profile)
Its amazing in every way.
A gold-standard for user-submitted toolboxes.
A job well-done! Bravo!
Shahriar (view profile)
Excellent toolbox! Very useful. Thanks!!
Xiao Ling (view profile)
very useful tool! Thanks a lot
Melanie Mu (view profile)
Great tool! It's almost perfect! I am only missing two things; I would really love if it could also:
1) fit data with error bars in both directions
2) display the errors associated with the fit parameter results.
anurag pandey (view profile)
it's a fabulous tool bar, which solved my problem i was struggling to get done for quite some time. I have a query about it, that what you do if you want to fit just a part of your data(curve).
Oliver (view profile)
Mathieu (view profile)
This tool is excellent! It makes life so much easier!
Thanks Fred!!!!
And BRAVO!!!!
Arthur (view profile)
Very usefull!
Ritesh (view profile)
Massimo (view profile)
Dear Frederic,
is it possible to associate the error to the estimated parameters?
Thanks
ihsan (view profile)
Great toolbox!!! Many Thanks.
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Dear Andres,
Problem #1: This occurs if y and dy are column vectors instead of row vectors. If this is the case, then just replace [y; dy] by [y, dy]
Problem #2: Move the equation box using the mouse.
-- The author
Andres Klever (view profile)
Hi Frederic, well im sending you this mail because i have a problem with this tool, first of all say to you thanks for this tool i think that is really good, ok , so there are 2 problems:
1) i have a problem with the weight
In order to perform a weighted fit on this data, the vectors y and dy have to be merged into a 2-by-N matrix and given as the second input argument to ezfit. Compare the results for the usual and weighted fits:
fw = ezfit(x, [y;dy], 'exp');
showfit(fw,'fitcolor','red');
f = ezfit(x, y, 'exp');
showfit(f,'fitcolor','blue');
my problem is that when i do this (exactly the same) the data [y;dy] is from a different size than x, so obiously i get this error:
??? Error using ==> ezfit at 272
X and Y dimensions must agree.
if you can help me with this it would be great..
2)the other problem is that when i plot more than one fit for the same data, the plot just shows one legend that is pasted into the other legend, hahaha, so i just can see one of the 2 legends that should appear (showing me the different equations)...
ok, frederic sorry for asking you this questions but i really need to know this,
thanks very much,
Dave Robinson (view profile)
Nice application, seems to do everything it says on the box
Muhammad Tauha Ali (view profile)
splendid tool. inclusion of statistical tests such as RMSE, t-statistics and R-squared statistics in ezyfit menu will enhance the functionality of the toolbox.
Stefan Gachter (view profile)
Excellent tool!
Andrew Barrow (view profile)
Fantastic tool. This is incredibly useful. Especially if you use the "data paintbrush" tool in the figure window.
Erdal Bizkevelci (view profile)
Arnold (view profile)
Awesome toolbox. Instrumental in my research.
Roy (view profile)
Antony Lee (view profile)
The package is really great! However, I would like to know whether it is possible to have some fixed parameter values when using ezfit, eg.
ezfit(x,y,'y(x)=a*x+b')
assuming that I know the actual value of a and want only the fit for b. (Of course if a=3 or some other value I could write ezfit(x,y,'y=3*x+b'), but I want to include this in a script, so a would be a variable...)
Farah (view profile)
I just downloaded this and it's great! Very easy to use and non-cluttered. 5 over 5! Is there any where I can obtain more in-depth information about how it works and what the output values really mean? That would be superb.
Erdal Bizkevelci (view profile)
Clemens Listner (view profile)
Thank you for this great toolbox
Florian (view profile)
Sonali (view profile)
Roy (view profile)
Thanos (view profile)
Very useful and well explained. Thank you!
Cezar (view profile)
Excellent tool! Many thanks!!!
Michael Jordan (view profile)
Soumitra Deshmukh (view profile)
Does it work with earlier versions of Matlab such as 6.5 ?
Janina (view profile)
Thierry Dalon -
No need to sling insults like a common blogger. I had assumed better of Matlab users. I am referring to the bug the Frederic Moisy himself identified - that it is difficult to remove the ezfit menu from previously saved figures. I have indeed removed the ezfit menu. I reloaded my figure generating scripts, and all was well. Thank you Frederic, for your feedback.
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
(Sorry for the unintentional rating of my own file on my previous post!)
TO UNINSTALL THE EZYFIT TOOLBOX:
1. Edit the 'startup.m' file (type 'edit startup') and remove the 2 lines starting with 'efmenu' and 'fprintf()'
2. Go the menu 'File', 'Set Path', and remove the directory 'ezyfit'
3. Restart Matlab
CONCERNING THE ISSUE OF THE EZYFIT MENU IN SAVED FIGURES AND GUIs:
Sorry for this bug, I have no idea on how to fix it. Suggestions are welcome. Note that you can use the Ezyfit toolbox without using the Ezyfit menu. For this, apply step 1 above.
Hope this helps - The author.
Frederic Moisy (view profile)
Timo (view profile)
Take a look at the known problems: "If the Ezyfit toolbox has been installed using efmenu, all GUI figure windows created using GUIDE have the Ezyfit menu included. Uninstalling the Ezyfit toolbox produces an error, since the GUI looks for the menu which is not available. No solution for the moment."
Using efmenu off does not remove the menus.
This is a clear minus for an otherwise very useful toolbox.
Thierry Dalon (view profile)
Janina and Nirvikar: do not put bad ratings only because you don't know how to use Matlab. At least read the documentation before, contact the author before or ask for support in the Newsgroup. Your rating is not fair!
To remove the menu from figures use>> efmenu off. To remove the Toolbox simply remove from Matlab path or entry in startup file if you used efmenu install.
To the author : to avoid function naming conflicts, it may be better to name all the functions in the Toolbox with a common prefix like 'ef'.
impossible to remove their menu from your gui figures and uninstall cleanly
Just downloaded this, it looks great! Any functions I have tried (so far) work very easily and smoothly. Are there any plans to include lorentzian fitting in the tool box?
Excellent and smooth!
great support and improvements over the last two years.
Used the GUI menu without any hitches. Intuitive and easy-to-use. Excellent.
very usefull with command-line functions
Excellent
Simple to use and very useful.
Please tell me how to Unistall the ezyfit toolbox from MATLAB.
Fantastic program, very straightforward and easy to use.
Very helpful and intuitive.
Great alternative to cftool...excellent
Very good and powerful toolbox
Perfect! Just what I needed to estimate parameters for over 500 chick growth curves.
Thank you for a useful and well writtten program!
I was able to write a small program to easily choose whether to fix or vary some of the fit parameters. It would be useful if this was included as standard.
So splendid!
Very useful.
A great tool! Fill a gap in matlab functionalities. Good interface, good integration into matlab, merci Frederic M.!!
Great, but it behaves sketchily on the Mac OS X Intel version...
a nice tolbox...best alternative to matlab curve fitting toolbox which sadly doesnot come for student version of the software.
Great software! I was able to do curve fits using custom equations that wouldn't be fitted with KaleidaGraph.
Great - well done!!!!!!!!
Excellent
Fabulous
Excellent Utilty.
Excellent work. Did what I needed (multiple power terms) when no-one else could - at least for free. Easy to install and work with, and great solutions.
Hi,
Its superb toolbox you ahve provided to Matlab users. I was struggling to fit a smooth curve for amplitude analysis of seismic data. This toolbox does it in fantastic way.
Thanks
Ravi
Dear D. Lueerssen, Thanks for your comment. The new version (2.10), submitted 30 oct 2006, now allows for specifying fit parameters programmatically. Example: showfit('a*x+b','fitcolor','red',...) - The author.
I do like this toolbox, and it works well for me. It is really useful that there are both a GUI and a programmatical access, well done.
I do have a suggestion for future versions: at the moment, parameters of the fit such as its color are hardcoded into a file (fitparam.m). It would be helpful to be able to control that programmatically, particularly if you want to show multiple fit curves for the same data set (e.g., to show that one fit is better than another one).
Excellent toolbox for curve fitting. Any questions I had were quickly answered by the author.
While I did not try out the menu interface, the command line interface was indeed easy to use. A splendid tool.
Dear Jack Chen,
This error does not occur with R14.
Some features of this toolbox (eg, nested functions) need R14. Sorry.
Looks like a great free toolbox for matlab. However, I'm getting the following error:
>> efmenu install
??? Error using ==> load
Unable to read MAT file d:\matlab\easyfit\userfit.mat