Four input parameters and one output parameter, try to model or fit the input and output values
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Hi, I am quite new to Matlab. I have this problem to develop a model to fit the data between multiple inputs and output. What I need to do is to find a suitable model y=f(x1,x2,x3,x4). I need to try different models, linear or non-linear, or using other tools like neural network. I can find the curve fitting to two parameters (y=f(x1,x2), but for four inputs, I have some problems. Does anyone has a clue? Thanks
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Star Strider
on 11 Feb 2015
Yes. If you have more than one independent variable, concatenate all of them in a matrix (I prefer they be column vectors), then refer to them by their columns within the model function you want to fit.
For instance, if you want to fit: y = a*x1^2 + b*exp(c*x2), create your ‘x1x2’ matrix (or whatever you want to call it) as:
x1x2 = [x1 x2];
then in the function you want to use to fit your data, using a single vector ‘b’ for your parameter vector:
% b(1) = a, b(2) = b, b(3) = c
f = @(b,x) b(1).*x1x2(:,1).^2 + b(2).*exp(b(3).*x1x2(:,2));
and the call to nlinfit (for example) would then be:
B = nlinfit(x1x2, y, f, B0);
That is how I do it, and it works. You would simply expand what I call ‘x1x2’ here to include your four independent variable value vectors.
(Note: all the code here is untested, but then it’s also all hypothetical.)
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Star Strider
on 12 Feb 2015
I do not understand. What function does not allow you more than 9 parameters?
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