CHE555 NUMERICAL METHODS & OPTIMIZATION

LAB 4: CURVE FITTING

Task 1: TO PLOT GRAPH IN MATLAB

Procedure:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Define X and Y
Use command plot (x,y)
Then, label the graph and x,y axis
Save and Run

Example: LINEAR REGRESSION

Data given:
T(oC)

27.6

10

31

20

34

30

37

40

40

50

42.6

60

45.5

70

48.3

80

51.1

90

54

100

56.7

In m-file:

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Figure generate by Matlab:

Task 2: TO PLOT GRAPH IN EXCEL

Procedure with example:
(a) Define the data

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(b) Select data

(c) Click Insert Scatter Scatter with smooth lines and markers

(d) Design Chart layouts Click Layout 1 Edit title and axis title

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(e) Answer from Excel

Resistance versus temperature

60

Resistance

50
40
30
20
10
0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Temperature

Task 3: TO GENERATE EQUATION FROM THE DATA IN MATLAB

Procedure:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

Define X and Y.
Use plot command.
Then, label the graph and x,y axis.
Use polyfit command to get the best fit for the data.
Use polyval command to plot the smooth graph based on the equation.
Save and Run

Example:
In m-file:

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In Command window:

Figure generate by Matlab:

Task 4: TO GENERATE EQUATION FROM THE DATA IN EXCEL

Procedure:
(a) Repeat procedure in Task 2 - Procedure (a) (d)
(b) Then, Click on lines Right click Add Trendline Trendline Options Trend/
Regression type Linear/ Polynomial Tick on Display Equation on chart
Tick on Display R-squared value on chart Close

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(c) Answer from Excel

Resistance versus temperature

60

Resistance

50
40
y = 0.2881x + 28.123
R = 0.9994

30
20
10
0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Temperature

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Task 5: TO SOLVE NON-LINEAR REGRESSION USING SOLVER

Procedure:
Example:

ve v
v
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.9
1.3
1.5
1.7
1.8

0.75
1.25
1.45
1.25
0.85
0.55
0.35
0.28
0.18

(a) Open Excel

(b) Generate the table for initial guess (e.g. and ), prediction value based on non-linear
equation and sum of (prediction value - value from data)2

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(c) Open Data Solver

i. Sum of sum of (prediction value - value from data)2 set as Set Objective
with value of 0
ii. Then, initial guess (e.g. and ) set as Changing Variable Cells
iii. Click Solve
(d) Get the answer as:

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