test_approx, a C++ code which provides sets of test data for approximation algorithms.
The code contains a number of vectors of data (X(1:N),Y(1:N)) for which no underlying functional relationship is given.
The task of interpolation software is to find, from some given class of functions, the function G(X) which exactly matches the known data values. That is, G(X(1:N)) = Y(1:N).
The task of approximation software is to find, from some given class of functions, the function H(X) for which some approximation error is minimized. There are many forms of error measurement. For instance, the error might simply be the sum of the differences of the function and the data at the data abscissas:
l1(X) = sum ( 1 <= I <= N ) abs ( H(X(I)) - Y(I) )or the square root of the sum of squares
l2(X) = sqrt ( sum ( 1 <= I <= N ) ( H(X(I)) - Y(I) )^2 )or the maximum pointwise error:
l_inf(X) = max ( abs ( H(X(I)) - Y(I) ) )In cases where a functional form is given, the error might be measured in terms of the integral of the absolute value of the difference over some interval:
L1(X,A,B) = integral ( A <= X <= B ) abs ( H(X) - F(X) ) dxand so on.
The problems available include:
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license
test_approx is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.
BERNSTEIN_POLYNOMIAL, a C++ code which evaluates the Bernstein polynomials, useful for uniform approximation of functions;
CHEBYSHEV, a C++ code which computes the Chebyshev interpolant/approximant to a given function over an interval.
DIVDIF, a C++ code which includes many routines to construct and evaluate divided difference interpolants.
SPLINE, a C++ code which includes many routines to construct and evaluate spline interpolants and approximants.
TEST_APPROX, a dataset directory which contains sets of data (x,y) for which an approximating formula is desired.
test_approx, a C++ code which defines test problems for approximation, provided as a set of (x,y) data.
TEST_INTERP_1D, a C++ code which defines test problems for interpolation of data y(x), depending on a 1D argument.
TEST07 creates data files for an Overhauser spline interpolant to data set 7.
TEST08 creates data files for a cubic spline interpolant to data set 7.
TEST10 creates data files for a B-spline approximant to data set 7.
TEST11 creates data files for a beta spline approximant to data set 7:
TEST12 creates data files for a Bernstein approximant to data set 5.
TEST13 creates data files for a cubic spline interpolant to data set 5.