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Lagrange Polynomial Interpolation. Example: http://jsfiddle.net/maccesch/jgU3Y/
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/** | |
* At least two points are needed to interpolate something. | |
* @class Lagrange polynomial interpolation. | |
* The computed interpolation polynomial will be reffered to as L(x). | |
* @example | |
* var l = new Lagrange(0, 0, 1, 1); | |
* var index = l.addPoint(0.5, 0.8); | |
* console.log(l.valueOf(0.1)); | |
* | |
* l.changePoint(index, 0.5, 0.1); | |
* console.log(l.valueOf(0.1)); | |
*/ | |
var Lagrange = function(x1, y1, x2, y2) { | |
this.xs = [x1, x2]; | |
this.ys = [y1, y2]; | |
this.ws = []; | |
this._updateWeights(); | |
} | |
/** | |
* Adds a new point to the polynomial. L(x) = y | |
* @return {Number} The index of the added point. Used for changing the point. See changePoint. | |
*/ | |
Lagrange.prototype.addPoint = function(x, y) { | |
this.xs.push(x); | |
this.ys.push(y); | |
this._updateWeights(); | |
return this.xs.length-1; | |
} | |
/** | |
* Changes a previously added point. | |
*/ | |
Lagrange.prototype.changePoint = function(index, x, y) { | |
this.xs[index] = x; | |
this.ys[index] = y; | |
this._updateWeights(); | |
} | |
/** | |
* Recalculate barycentric weights. | |
*/ | |
Lagrange.prototype._updateWeights = function() { | |
var k = this.xs.length; | |
var w; | |
for (var j = 0; j < k; ++j) { | |
w = 1; | |
for (var i = 0; i < k; ++i) { | |
if (i != j) { | |
w *= this.xs[j] - this.xs[i]; | |
} | |
} | |
this.ws[j] = 1/w; | |
} | |
} | |
/** | |
* Calculate L(x) | |
*/ | |
Lagrange.prototype.valueOf = function(x) { | |
var a = 0; | |
var b = 0; | |
var c = 0; | |
for (var j = 0; j < this.xs.length; ++j) { | |
if (x != this.xs[j]) { | |
a = this.ws[j] / (x - this.xs[j]); | |
b += a * this.ys[j]; | |
c += a; | |
} else { | |
return this.ys[j]; | |
} | |
} | |
return b / c; | |
} |
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