solarwindpy.fitfunctions.lines.LineXintercept

class LineXintercept(xobs, yobs, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: FitFunction

Linear fit with explicit x-intercept parameterization.

Fits data to the form: y = m * (x - x0) where x0 is the x-intercept.

__init__(xobs, yobs, **kwargs)[source]

Initialize linear fit with x-intercept parameterization.

Parameters:
  • xobs (array-like) – Observed x values (independent variable). Shape must match yobs.

  • yobs (array-like) – Observed y values (dependent variable). Shape must match xobs.

  • **kwargs – The description is missing.

Notes

This parameterization is useful when fitting data where the x-intercept has physical meaning, such as threshold energies or cutoff velocities in solar wind measurements.

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from solarwindpy.fitfunctions import Gaussian
>>> x = np.linspace(-5, 5, 100)
>>> y = 3 * np.exp(-0.5 * x**2) + np.random.normal(0, 0.1, 100)
>>> fit = Gaussian(x, y, xmin=-3, xmax=3)
>>> fit.make_fit()
>>> print(f"Fitted mu: {fit.popt['mu']:.3f}")

See also

make_fit

Execute the fitting procedure

popt

Access optimized parameters

rsq

Calculate coefficient of determination

property function

Get the function that`curve_fit` fits.

The function is set at instantiation. It doesn’t make sense to change it unless you redefine the entire FitFunction, so there is no new kwarg.

property p0

Calculate the initial guess for the line parameters.

If this fails, return curve_fit()’s default value None.

Returns:

p0 – The initial guesses as [m, b].

Return type:

list

property TeX_function

Function written in LaTeX.

property y_intercept

Calculate the y-intercept of the fitted line.

Returns:

The y value where the line crosses x=0.

Return type:

float

property TeX_info
property argnames

The names of the actual function arguments pulled by getfullargspec.

build_TeX_info()
build_plotter()
property chisq_dof

Chisq per degree of freedom \(\chi^2_\nu\).

If None, not calculated by make_fit_old. If np.nan, fit failed.

property combined_popt_psigma

Convenience to extract all versions of the optimized parameters.

property dof

Degrees of freedom in the fit.

property fit_bounds

Bounds used when running the fit.

property fit_result
property initial_guess_info
property logger
make_fit(return_exception=False, **kwargs)

Fit the function with the independent xobs and dependent yobs.

Uses least_squares and returns the OptimizeResult object, but treats weights as in curve_fit.

Parameters:
  • return_exception (bool) – If True, return exceptions from fitting routine, instead of raising. This is useful when looping through many fits and wanting to identify failed fits after the fact.

  • **kwargs – The description is missing.

property nobs

The total number of observations used in the fit.

property observations
property pcov

Returns a copy so that the matrix isn’t accidentally edited.

property plotter
property popt

Optimized fit parameters.

property psigma
property psigma_relative
residuals(pct=False)

Calculate the fit residuals.

If pct, normalize by fit yvalues.

Parameters:

pct – The description is missing.

property rsq

Coefficient of determination.

Source: <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_determination#Definitions>

set_fit_obs(xobs_raw, yobs_raw, weights_raw, xmin=None, xmax=None, xoutside=None, ymin=None, ymax=None, youtside=None, wmin=None, wmax=None, logx=False, logy=False)

Set the observed values we’ll actually use in the fit.

By applying limits to xobs_raw and yobs_raw and checking for finite values.

All boundaries are inclusive <= or >=.

If logy, then make selection of wmin and wmax based on \(w/(y \ln(10))\).

Parameters:
  • xobs_raw – The description is missing.

  • yobs_raw – The description is missing.

  • weights_raw – The description is missing.

  • xmin – The description is missing.

  • xmax – The description is missing.

  • xoutside – The description is missing.

  • ymin – The description is missing.

  • ymax – The description is missing.

  • youtside – The description is missing.

  • wmin – The description is missing.

  • wmax – The description is missing.

  • logx – The description is missing.

  • logy – The description is missing.

property sufficient_data

Ensure that we can fit the data before doing any computations.