source: trunk/yat/regression/Polynomial.h @ 713

#ifndef _theplu_yat_regression_polynomial_
#define _theplu_yat_regression_polynomial_

// $Id: Polynomial.h 713 2006-12-21 14:43:31Z peter $

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#include "OneDimensional.h"
#include "MultiDimensional.h"
#include "yat/utility/vector.h"

#include <gsl/gsl_multifit.h>

#include <cassert>

namespace theplu {
namespace yat {
namespace regression {

  /**
     @brief Polynomial regression
     
     Data are modeled as \f$ y = \alpha + \beta x + \gamma x^2 +
     ... + \delta x_i^{\textrm{power}} + \epsilon_i \f$ 
  */
  class Polynomial : public OneDimensional
  {
  public:

    ///
    /// @param power degree of polynomial, e.g. 1 for a linear model
    ///
    explicit Polynomial(size_t power);

    ///
    /// @brief Destructor
    ///
    ~Polynomial(void);

    ///
    /// Fit the model by minimizing the mean squared deviation between
    /// model and data.
    ///
    void fit(const utility::vector& x, const utility::vector& y);

    ///
    /// @return parameters of the model
    ///
    /// @see MultiDimensional
    ///
    const utility::vector& fit_parameters(void) const;

    ///
    /// @brief Variance of residuals
    ///
    double chisq(void) const;

    ///
    /// @return value in @a x of model 
    ///
    double predict(const double x) const;

    ///
    /// @return error of model value in @a x
    ///
    double standard_error(const double x) const;

  private:
    MultiDimensional md_;
    size_t power_;

  };

}}} // of namespaces regression, yat, and theplu

#endif