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class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">interpolators</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">pchip</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 34 35<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">interpolators</span> <span class="special">{</span> 36 37<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RandomAccessContainer</span><span class="special">></span> 38<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">pchip</span> 39<span class="special">{</span> 40<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> 41 42 <span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">RandomAccessContainer</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span> 43 44 <span class="identifier">pchip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">RandomAccessContainer</span><span class="special">&&</span> <span class="identifier">abscissas</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">RandomAccessContainer</span><span class="special">&&</span> <span class="identifier">ordinates</span><span class="special">,</span> 45 <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">left_endpoint_derivative</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Real</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">(),</span> 46 <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">right_endpoint_derivative</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Real</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">quiet_NaN</span><span class="special">());</span> 47 48 <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()(</span><span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> 49 50 <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> 51 52 <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Real</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> 53 54 <span class="keyword">friend</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ostream</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special"><<(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">ostream</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">os</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">pchip</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">m</span><span class="special">);</span> 55<span class="special">};</span> 56 57<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span> 58</pre> 59<h4> 60<a name="math_toolkit.pchip.h1"></a> 61 <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.pchip.pchip_interpolation"></a></span><a class="link" href="pchip.html#math_toolkit.pchip.pchip_interpolation">PCHIP 62 Interpolation</a> 63 </h4> 64<p> 65 The PCHIP interpolant takes non-equispaced data and interpolates between them 66 via cubic Hermite polynomials whose slopes are chosen so that the resulting 67 interpolant is monotonic; see <a href="https://doi.org/10.1137/0717021" target="_top">Fritsch 68 and Carlson</a> for details. The interpolant is <span class="emphasis"><em>C</em></span><sup>1</sup> and 69 evaluation has (log(<span class="emphasis"><em>N</em></span>)) complexity. An example usage is 70 as follows: 71 </p> 72<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">9</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">12</span><span class="special">};</span> 73<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">17</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">-</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">};</span> 74<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">interpolators</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pchip</span><span class="special">;</span> 75<span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">spline</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">pchip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">));</span> 76<span class="comment">// evaluate at a point:</span> 77<span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">spline</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.4</span><span class="special">);</span> 78<span class="comment">// evaluate derivative at a point:</span> 79<span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">zprime</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">spline</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.4</span><span class="special">);</span> 80</pre> 81<p> 82 Periodically, it is helpful to see what data the interpolator has, and the 83 slopes it has chosen. This can be achieved via 84 </p> 85<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">spline</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="string">"\n"</span><span class="special">;</span> 86</pre> 87<p> 88 Note that the interpolator is pimpl'd, so that copying the class is cheap, 89 and hence it can be shared between threads. (The call operator and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">prime</span><span class="special">()</span></code> 90 are threadsafe; <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">push_back</span></code> is 91 not.) 92 </p> 93<p> 94 This interpolant can be updated in constant time. Hence we can use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">circular_buffer</span></code> 95 to do real-time interpolation: 96 </p> 97<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">circular_buffer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 98<span class="special">...</span> 99<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">circular_buffer</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">initial_x</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">};</span> 100<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">circular_buffer</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">initial_y</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">7</span><span class="special">};</span> 101<span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">circular_pchip</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">pchip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">initial_x</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">initial_y</span><span class="special">));</span> 102<span class="comment">// interpolate via call operation:</span> 103<span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">circular_pchip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.5</span><span class="special">);</span> 104<span class="comment">// add new data:</span> 105<span class="identifier">circular_pchip</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">8</span><span class="special">);</span> 106<span class="comment">// interpolate at 4.5:</span> 107<span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">circular_pchip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">4.5</span><span class="special">);</span> 108</pre> 109<p> 110 <span class="inlinemediaobject"><object type="image/svg+xml" data="../../graphs/pchip.svg"></object></span> 111 </p> 112<h4> 113<a name="math_toolkit.pchip.h2"></a> 114 <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.pchip.complexity_and_performance"></a></span><a class="link" href="pchip.html#math_toolkit.pchip.complexity_and_performance">Complexity 115 and Performance</a> 116 </h4> 117<p> 118 This interpolator chooses the slopes and forwards data to the cubic Hermite 119 interpolator, so the performance is stated in the documentation for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cubic_hermite</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code>. 120 </p> 121</div> 122<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 123<td align="left"></td> 124<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2006-2019 Nikhar 125 Agrawal, Anton Bikineev, Paul A. 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