csa3d

Calculates an approximating cubic spline for three-dimensional input data.

Prototype

	function csa3d (
		xi    [*] : double,   
		yi    [*] : double,   
		zi    [*] : double,   
		ui        : double,   
		knots [3] : integer,  
		xo    [*] : double,   
		yo    [*] : double,   
		zo    [*] : double    
	)

	return_val  :  double

Arguments

A 1-dimensional array of length nxi containing the X coordinates of the input data points.

A 1-dimensional array of length nxi containing the Y coordinates of the input data points.

A 1-dimensional array of length nxi containing the Z coordinates of the input data points.

An array of any dimensionality (last dimension must be nxi) containing the functional values at the input data coordinates given by xi, yi, and zi. That is, ui(...,k) is the input function value at (xi(k),yi(k),zi(k)) for k = 0 to nxi-1.

The number of knots to be used in constructing the approximating surface. knots(0), knots(1), and knots(2) must all be at least 4. The larger the value for knots, the closer the approximated surface will come to passing through the input function values.

A one-dimensional array of length nxo containing the X coordinates of the output function.

A one-dimensional array of length nyo containing the Y coordinates of the output function.

A one-dimensional array of length nzo containing the Z coordinates of the output function.

Return value

An array containing the calculated functional values. The array will be dimensioned N x nxo x nyo x nzo, where N represents all but the last dimension of ui. If uo is the returned value, then uo(...,i,j,k) contains the functional value at coordinate (xo(i),yo(j),zo(k)).

Description

This function is part of the Csagrid package - a software package that implements a cubic spline approximation algorithm to fit a function to input data. The input for the approximation is a set of randomly-spaced data, which may be one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional. The general documentation for Csagrid contains several complete examples.

The following three three-dimensional functions all do the same thing, differing only in the type of the input and output arrays: csa3 (generic input/output); csa3s (single input/output); csa3d (double input/output).

If you want to weight the input data values, calculate derivatives, or handle sparse data areas specially, you should instead use one of these "expanded" functions (note the "x" following the "3" in the name): csa3x (generic input/output); csa3xs (single input/output); csa3xd (double input/output).

If you want to compute function values at a specified list of coordinate positions, rather than at coordinate positions forming a grid, you should use one of these six "list form" functions (note the "l" following the "3" in the name): csa3l; csa3ls; csa3ld; csa3lx; csa3lxs; csa3lxd.

Examples

begin

;
;  Create the input arrays.
;
  xmin = -2.d
  xmax =  2.d
  ymin = -2.d
  ymax =  2.d
  zmin = -2.d
  zmax =  2.d

  nx = 21
  ny = 21
  nz = 21

  ndata = 1000
  xi = new(ndata,double)
  yi = new(ndata,double)
  zi = new(ndata,double)
  ui = new(ndata,double)

  do i=0,ndata-1
      xi(i) = xmin + (xmax-xmin)*rand()/32767.
      yi(i) = ymin + (ymax-ymin)*rand()/32767.
      zi(i) = zmin + (zmax-zmin)*rand()/32767.
      ui(i) = xi(i)*xi(i) + yi(i)*yi(i) + zi(i)*zi(i)
  end do

;
;  Set up the output grid.
;
  xo = fspan(xmin,xmax,nx)
  yo = fspan(ymin,ymax,ny)
  zo = fspan(zmin,zmax,nz)

;
;  Calculate the values for the approximating cubic spline.
;
  knots = (/4,4,4/)
  uo = csa3d(xi,yi,zi,ui,knots,xo,yo,zo)

end