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[MATHCAD] Calculating area under a curve
| [MATHCAD] Calculating area under a curve |
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Author: Mehrdad Sarfaraz
Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:55:09 -0400
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Does anyone know how to calculate area under a curve with Mathcad
Plus6.0? The curve is
enterd as a pair of data sets.
Thank you.
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| Re: [MATHCAD] Calculating area under a curve |
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Author: Jacqui Cheswick
Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:33:10 +0100
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Please find attached an example which I believe may be of help.
In it integration is performed on a set of x and y data in order to find
the area under the curve, by integrating on the interp function for the
data. In this example I've created the x and y data based on a known
function in order to check the results, but it should work for any set of x
and y data (as long as the x values are ascending).
Regards
Jacqui Cheswick
"jacqui.cheswick"
(See attached file: int_curve.mcd)
Mehrdad Sarfaraz "msarfara" on 14 09 98 16:55:09
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Does anyone know how to calculate area under a curve with Mathcad
Plus6.0? The curve is
enterd as a pair of data sets.
Thank you.
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| Re: [MATHCAD] Calculating area under a curve |
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Author: Drobinso
Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:42:57 +0100
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I assume that your two data sets are holding the x and y data. There are
many ways of doing what you want. Here are two that instantly come to mind.
1) Fun way, use one of the function fitting routines to obtain a
polynomial, or other suitable analytic approximation to the data, then use
the symbolic integration function and integrate between the lower and upper
limits of your data.
2) Mundane way, sort your x data into ascending order, remembering to
leave the y data associated with the corresponding x values, if they shift.
xn,yn and xn+1,yn+1 define a trapezium which you calculate its area.
Similarly xn+1,yn+1 and xn+2,yn+2 form a butt joining trapezium, and so on
right across your curve. Simply sum the area's of all of the trapeziums.
I am sure the other guy's will have much more elegant solutions. I look
forward to seeing them
Dave Robinson
Integral Vision
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