Comparison of data to arbitrary waveforms?

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Hello,

Is there a simple way to compare one waveform against a set of others? I would like the output to be 1) a factor expressing how much the "reference" waveform has to be scaled to best fit the "test" waveform, and 2) a measure of how good the fit is. I guess I'm looking for a curve fit operation where the only free parameter is the amplitude of the reference waveform.

I could probably fit the reference waveform with a function and then fit that function to all of the test waveforms, but would prefer a direct comparison. Does such a method already exist?

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Mike
Suppose your data are in RefWave and TestWave. Create the following in the procedure window:

Function ScaleFit(w,x) : FitFunc
    Wave w
    Variable x
   
    wave rw = RefWave
   
    return w[0]*rw(x)
End


Now use the Analysis:Curve Fitting menu with Function=ScaleFit, Y Data=TestWave, and X Data=_calculated_. Set the Coefficients:Coefficient Wave as _default_ and the coefficient w[0] as 1 to start the curve fit.

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAH

May 19, 2008 at 10:25 am - Permalink