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    The Bicubic Spline procedure connects a grid of (X,Y,Z) triplets with a smooth cubic polynomial function. It determines interpolated Z values for any X and Y within the original data range. Beginning with m control points defining a grid, it creates a natural cubic spline with continuous first and second derivatives across grid lines and zero second derivatives at endpoints. Coefficients are determined using a tridiagonal algorithm. The procedure outputs interpolated Z values and plots the spline against the control points.

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    The Bicubic Spline procedure connects a grid of (X,Y,Z) triplets with a smooth cubic polynomial function. It determines interpolated Z values for any X and Y within the original data range. Beginning with m control points defining a grid, it creates a natural cubic spline with continuous first and second derivatives across grid lines and zero second derivatives at endpoints. Coefficients are determined using a tridiagonal algorithm. The procedure outputs interpolated Z values and plots the spline against the control points.

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    The Bicubic Spline procedure connects a grid of (X,Y,Z) triplets with a smooth cubic polynomial function. It determines interpolated Z values for any X and Y within the original data range. Beginning with m control points defining a grid, it creates a natural cubic spline with continuous first and second derivatives across grid lines and zero second derivatives at endpoints. Coefficients are determined using a tridiagonal algorithm. The procedure outputs interpolated Z values and plots the spline against the control points.

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    STATGRAPHICS – Rev.

    7/3/2009

    Bicubic Spline

    Summary
    The Bicubic Spline procedure connects a grid of (X,Y,Z) triplets with a smooth function
    consisting of piecewise cubic polynomials. The function can then be used to determine an
    interpolated value for Z at any specified X and Y within the range of the original data.

    Beginning with a grid of m (X,Y,Z) triplets called “control points”, the procedure creates a
    “natural” cubic spline, i.e., a function with continuous first and second derivatives across the
    boundaries between the intervals on either side of the interior control points and second
    derivatives equal to 0 at the endpoints. The coefficients of the spline are determined using a
    tridiagonal algorithm.

    Sample StatFolio: bspline.sgp

    Sample Data:
    The file bspline.sgd contains 3 columns (X, Y, and Z) for fitting a spline and 2 additional
    columns (Xnew and Ynew) of values at which interpolation is desired.

    X Y Z Xnew Ynew
    1 10 8 3.5 25
    1 20 3 4.5 35
    1 30 7
    1 40 5
    2 10 7
    2 20 2
    2 30 3
    2 40 4
    3 10 6
    3 20 7
    3 30 5
    3 40 3
    4 10 3
    4 20 8
    4 30 12
    4 40 2
    5 10 5
    5 20 10
    5 30 20
    5 40 2

    Note that the values of X and Y define a rectangular grid.

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    Data Input
    The data required to create a bicubic spline consist of 3 numeric columns.

     Z: enter the Z values for each of m control points. The control points must be arranged over a
    grid consisting of all combinations of selected values of X and Y. For example, if 5 values of
    X are selected and 4 values of Y are selected, the grid would consist of m = 20 control points,
    as illustrated in the sample data.
     X: enter the X values for each of m control points.
     Y: enter the Y values for each of m control points.
     Interpolate at X: enter the X value for n additional points with the range of X at which
    interpolated values of Z are desired.
     Interpolate at Y: enter the Y value for n additional points with the range of Y at which
    interpolated values of Z are desired.

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    Analysis Summary
    The Analysis Summary shows the number of input control points and a table of interpolated Z
    values (if an entry was made in the Interpolate at X and Interpolate at Y fields on the data input
    dialog box).

    Bicubic Spline - Z versus X and Y


    Z variable: Z
    X variable: X
    Y variable: Y
    Number of data values = 20

    Interpolated Values
    Xnew Ynew Interpolation
    3.5 25.0 8.70379
    4.5 35.0 11.1282

    Spline Plot
    The Spline Plot shows the fitted spline and the m control points.

    Spline Plot

    20
    16
    12
    Z

    8
    4 40
    0 253035
    0 20
    1 2 3 4 1015 Y
    5
    X

    Pane Options

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     Lines between X values – specify the number of additional lines to be added to the surface
    between each unique value of X amongst the control points.
     Lines between Y values – specify the number of additional lines to be added to the surface
    between each unique value of Y amongst the control points.
     Show points – check if you wish to display the control points in addition to the spline.
     Solid surface – check if you wish to display the spline as a solid surface rather than a wire
    mesh.
     Resolution – specify the number of X locations at which the spline should be evaluated
    when creating the plot. A larger resolution results in a smoother plot. You can set the default
    resolution using the Preferences selection on the Edit menu.

    Save Results
    You can save the following results to the datasheet:

     Interpolated values: the interpolated values displayed on the Analysis Summary pane.

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