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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>so regarding the data..</div>
<div>it was an experiment related to algal biomass yield (g/m²) ("z") according to time (0-25days, the "x"-data) and light intensity (25-1000µmol*m^-1*s^-1, the "y" values). Increase in biomass might have been exponential right at the beginning, but with increasing time I guess it turned out to be linear...</div>
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<div>does anybody have a hint about the model I could use?:)</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 01. Juli 2013 um 11:14 Uhr<br/>
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<div><span class="328270209-01072013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Hi,</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="328270209-01072013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">You are asking a question which in general has no answer. There are an infinite number of models which can fit your data. You need to find some possible candidate model forms based on physical properties and then try fitting to them. You are probably looking for a fit which leaves residues which are Gaussian and mean zero (but that's not always true...).</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="328270209-01072013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Try giving us a clue about where the data come from. Maybe somebody has the physical background to suggest some models. If not, try plotting the data and guessing a model from the shape. To me the shape looks vaguely exponential or logarithmic, so maybe plotting as log-linear or log-log will give a clue.</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="328270209-01072013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">HTH,</font></span></div>
<div><span class="328270209-01072013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Mike.</font></span></div>
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<div>Hello all,</div>
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<div>first of all, thanks a lot for your effort. I must say that I don't really have anyone to run to for asking about mathematical models - I could go to the mathematicians at the University, but I don't know anyone there and I barelly know where the institute is located...</div>
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<div>therefore I decided to insert my simplest table in here (it is actually very simple) - may be someone here knows which kind of mathematical model I could use?</div>
<div>I have been searching for it in literature, but I don't seem to be in the right path...</div>
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<div>So attached you will find my data table as well as the scilab commands I used to create the respective graph. I mean, my data is already interpolated...shouldn't it be easy to get a function (z,x,y) out of it?</div>
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<div>I would be very very thankful for any help...I'm getting a bit desperate...</div>
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<div>best regards,</div>
<div>Larissa</div>
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<div>Hello,<br/>
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The general procedure for fitting data in the case of 2 variables is the following:<br/>
// First define your mathematical model by changing the following line<br/>
deff('z=MyFunction(x,y)', 'z=p(1)*x + p(2)*y + p(3)*x.*y');<br/>
// Store all experimental data in a single array ExD; X, Y, Z assumed to be 1 x NZ vectors<br/>
ExD=[X;Y;Z];<br/>
// Define the error function (to be minimized with respect to the parameters p)<br/>
deff('erro=G(p,ExD)','x=ExD(1),y=ExD(2), z=ExD(3), erro=z-MyFunction(x,y)')<br/>
// Fit experimental data contained in W<br/>
// The column vector p0 is an initial guess of the values for the parameters of your Model<br/>
[p,err]=datafit(G,ExD,p0)<br/>
// you can check values generated with<br/>
MyFunction(X,Y)<br/>
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HTH<br/>
Denis<br/>
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Hello,<br/>
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De la part de Larissa<br/>
Envoyé : mardi 25 juin 2013 09:52<br/>
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> I conducted an experiment and thus my results are composed of x,y,z<br/>
> data,<br/>
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> but I can't figure out how to get an equation "z=f(x,y)" out of it.<br/>
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This is more a math problem than a Scilab problem.<br/>
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You must have a mathematical model, i.e. a parametric formula, then you can adjust the parameters by regression (or maximum likehood).<br/>
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You may have theoretical models that derive from elementary assumptions<br/>
-- you usually find such model in the bibliography --, or use a "nice model that fit the global shape"<br/>
-- you may ask the math laboratory in your neighbourhood, this is usually polynomials, exponentials, statistical laws...<br/>
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So if you come to us with a parametric model, we will be able to help you.<br/>
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best regards.<br/>
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