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GAUSAN - perform a gaussian anamorphose transformation on data

 

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GAUSAN

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Introduction

Perform a gaussian anamorphose transformation on a set of sample data.

How to use

The results can be : -

  • displayed on the screen

  • written to the print file

  • saved in database files

The POLYNO output file can subsequently be used  as input to the GRTON process.

 


Files, Fields and Parameters

Input Files

Name

Description

I/O Status

Required

Type

IN

Input sample data file. A maximum of 99998 samples can be processed.

Input

Yes

Undefined

Output Files

Name

I/O Status

Required

Type

Description

POLYNO

Output

No

Undefined

Optional output file containing polynomial coefficients. It includes the following explicit fields: POLYINDX - polynomial index number [0,1,2,..] COEFF - the polynomial coefficient. ESTVAR - estimated variance. It also includes an implicit field: POLYNUM - the number of polynomials used in the transformation,

TRANS

Output

No

Undefined

Optional output file containing transformed values. It includes the following explicit fields: VALUE - the untransformed value. FREQENCY - number of occurences of VALUE ANAMOR - the transformed value INVERSE - inverse of the transformed value It also contains the following implicit fields: POLYNUM - the number of polynomials used in the transformation NUMSAMP - the number of transformed samples MEANORIG - mean of the original values VARORIG - variance of the original values MEANTRAN - mean of the transformed values VARTRAN - variance of the transformed values MEANINV - mean of the inverse values VARINV - variance of the inverse values

Fields

Name

Description

Source

Required

Type

Default

VALUE

Name of field in the IN file to be transformed.

IN

Yes

Numeric

Undefined

Parameters

Name

Description

Required

Default

Range

Values

NUMPOLY

The number of polynomials to be used. A maximum of 30 is allowed.

Yes

Undefined

1,30

Undefined

PRINT

Controls the amount of text displayed:

Option

Description

0

Minimum output to screen

1

As 0 + polynomial coefficients

2

As 1 + reconstitution of variance table

3

As 2 + table of transformed values The default value is (0).

No

0

Undefined

Undefined