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Title: Numerical Differentiation of Noisy, Nonsmooth Data

Journal Article · · ISRN Applied Mathematics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/164564· OSTI ID:1198314
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  1. Theoretical Division, MS B284, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

We consider the problem of differentiating a function specified by noisy data. Regularizing the differentiation process avoids the noise amplification of finite-difference methods. We use total-variation regularization, which allows for discontinuous solutions. The resulting simple algorithm accurately differentiates noisy functions, including those which have a discontinuous derivative.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1198314
Journal Information:
ISRN Applied Mathematics, Journal Name: ISRN Applied Mathematics Vol. 2011; ISSN 2090-5564
Publisher:
Hindawi (International Scholarly Research Network)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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