Differentiate noisy signals with Total Variation Regularization (TVR) in Python and Mathematica

This repo gives an implementation with examples of how to differentiate noisy signals using Total Variation Regularization (TVR).

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Here's a quick example of a signal:

it's noisy derivative:

and it's amazingly smooth derivative from TVR:

Code

• mathematica contains an implementation in Mathematica. The example is worked out here in greater detail.
• python contains an implementation in Python. This is a fairly basic implementation, so be careful applying it to large problems (1k+ data points).

Relevant literature

This code heavily uses the method described in Numerical Differentiation of Noisy, Nonsmooth Data. A good description of the lagged diffusivity algorithm can be found in one of the references: Chapter 8 - Total Variation Regularization.

Detailed example

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