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Welcome to GNUFIT - an extension to GNUPLOT
===========================================
Version 1.2
gnuplot has been widely established as a powerful tool to do data and
function plots. For the scientific use one additionally often needs
a nonlinear least squares fitting procedure to combine a model function
to measured data. This is introduced by GNUFIT. GNUFIT is a real extension
of GNUPLOT that means, it covers all features of GNUPLOT and adds some new
ones.
GNUFIT incorporates a nonlinear least squares fit mechanism into GNUPLOT. The
fit uses the Marquardt-Levenberg-algorithm for fitting and the GNUPLOT
function evaluation mechanism for calculation. Thus it remains relatively
small. It offers all advantages of fitting every rather complex-formulated
function you can create with GNUPLOT (including complex calculation).
GNUFIT is available as follows:
gnufit12.tar.gz All new sources and diff's against gnuplot3.4 and
gnuplot3.5, readmes, demos and installation hints
needed to compile and run GNUFIT on your machine,
provided that you already have the original
gnuplot sources.
gft12dos.zip DOS executables
The files may be downloaded by anonymous ftp from
dartmouth.edu
129.170.16.4
/pub/gnuplot
A description of the files in gnufit12.tar.gz
=================================================
readme.1st This file - Overview
compile.fit Some hints for the compilation on various platforms
install UNIX shellscript to do the patches
install.bat DOS Batchfile for the same purpose
credits A list of people who helped me making GNUFIT stable
fit.c the main fitting routines
fit.h Interface to fit.c
matrix.c some matrix algebra needed in fit.c
matrix.h interface to matrix.c
type.h commonly used types
linux.trm terminal driver for LINUX
patches.35 Context diff's of the GNUFIT sources against the GNUPLOT3.5
sources. They have been done using
diff -cr oldfile newfile >> patches.35
and may be applied to the gnuplot sources by the patch program.
This is done also by the install-script.
patches.34 Same story based on gnuplot3.4 for the case of incompatibilities
Installation procedure:
=======================
1) Start from the directory */diff which has been generated by untaring
this package.
2) Create a directory (e.g. called 'gnufit') and place a copy of the gnuplot3.2
sources (including the subdirs) in it. Make sure that it is writable.
gnuplot sources may be obtained from ftp.dartmouth.edu in
/pub/gnuplot
3) If you're not working under DOS or UNIX, create an appropriate
scriptfile like has been done in 'install' (UNIX) or 'install.bat' (DOS).
The only commandline-parameter of the scriptfile is the directory you
just created (gnufit).
4) Execute the scriptfile. This will copy the necessary sources to 'gnufit'
and do the needed patches to the gnuplot sources. Finally it changes
the actual working directory.
e.g. install ~/gnufit
5) Look at the file 'compile.fit' for compilation hints on your system.
That may require small changes to the appropriate makefile, e.g. for
compiler selection and compiler switches.
6) Check the compilation hints for gnuplot in 'readme.ins' and execute them.
GNUFIT has been successfully tested and compiled on the following
operating systems:
DOS (MSC 6.0), OS/2, SunOS, HPUX, IBM/RS6000, DEC Ultrix, DG/UX, LINUX
Amiga
Only the compilers mentioned in 'compile.fit' have been used.
For compatibility purposes with other scripts written for GNUPLOT, the
executables' filenames are still left 'gnuplot', 'gnuplot.exe' etc.
The starting message however distinguishes between GNUPLOT and GNUFIT.
To get a successful compilation on other systems there may be minor patches
to the sources necessary. If you succeed in adding a new platform, please
generate diff's of the modified sources and send them to me. They may be
included into a further release of GNUFIT.
What is planned?
================
This will probably be the last release of GNUFIT. Not because I think it's
rubbish but because it will be included as an internal part into the next
official release of gnuplot. Development is under way!
Please send any comments, bug-reports, implementation reports and
improvement proposals to bug-gnuplot@dartmouth.edu
***************************************************************************
Carsten Grammes
Saarbruecker Str. 47
D-66292 Riegelsberg
Germany
Internet Mail-Address: cagr@rz.uni-sb.de
Telephone 49 6897 935 0
Telefax 49 6897 935 100