Curve fitting with more than 3 variables

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Hi! I am doing curve fitting with matlab at the moment and would like to do it with more than 3 variables.Is that possible and how can i do it? please see the screenshot, I can not add any further variables there. Thank you!
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Mahdi
Mahdi on 4 Jun 2014
Do you mean you want to do it in a higher dimension than 3D? Or more polynomial coefficients?

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dpb
dpb on 4 Jun 2014
That's correct; the cftool GUI is limited to curves or surfaces.
You can define other more general models you wish with with either GeneralizedLinearModels tools in the Statistics Toolbox (under 'regression') or can always write the normal equations directly and use the backslash ("\") operator to solve.
Details on what your inputs are and the desired model could lead to more specific responses.

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dpb
dpb on 5 Jun 2014
Edited: dpb on 5 Jun 2014
Don't know about web sites; the Matlab doc starts under
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Open the Statistics Toolbox section, select "Regression and Classification" and then "Parametric Regression". Start at the bottom with the Concepts section and work your way thru to the Linear Models which is probably all you need.
ADDENDUM:
There's a little more to it than the following, but the general idea for indicator variables is easily seen in the following
For setting up contrasts between more locations, there are some restrictions on the dummy encoding. Any good text on regression will address it.
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dpb
dpb on 13 Jun 2014
"More", I don't know would be a good way to put it; it's an alternative choice, yes. I really have no direct experience in the specific area of regression trees, sorry.
Don't know you've anything to lose by trying both and seeing which does a better job for your purposes on the data you have. You'll want to avoid making any generic conclusions from just a sample dataset results, obviously...
Tania
Tania on 13 Jun 2014
ok great, thank you for your answer. I might try both.

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Tania
Tania on 7 Jun 2014
Thanks thats great!
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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 2 Dec 2018
I unaccepted this self answer, and accepted the Answer from dpb instead.

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ehsan brtn
ehsan brtn on 2 Dec 2018
still i didn't find the answer

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