Calculating the contributing terms of a summation equation

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I am trying to calculate the value of a variable in a summation term. Could any of you share some leads about the coding technique in Matlab? My equation looks like:
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in which I know the values of Y, and z. I am looking for an idea and methodology to calculate the values of the variable .
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Bharath Anantharamaiah
Bharath Anantharamaiah on 14 Jul 2020
Hi David,
Vectors Q(y) and y are having same dimensions. However, the dimension of q_i and x_i is solely dependant on the value of N. There is no neccessity that the dimension of Q(y) and q_i be the same. And most certainly N>2.
The idea is simple. I have a curve that is defined by Q(y) vs y. Now I need to calculate the values of pairs of q_i and x_i for fitting this curve! Hope I am clear now?
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David Goodmanson
David Goodmanson on 15 Jul 2020
HI Bharath,
I am aware that Q (used to be called Y) and y have the same length, and that q and x have the same length, which may well be diffferent than the length of Q&y. Given the equatiion you posted on July 4, I believe the answer I posted is apt.

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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 21 Jun 2020
Edited: KALYAN ACHARJYA on 21 Jun 2020
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Bharath Anantharamaiah
Bharath Anantharamaiah on 21 Jun 2020
Dear Kalyan,
Thank you for the reply. In the link you shared, the value of dependent term is calculated based on the values of independent terms. My case is the opposite. In the equation
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I already have the value for the dependent term (Y) and I need to calculate the possible values of the independent term () using iterations.

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David Goodmanson
David Goodmanson on 5 Jul 2020
Edited: David Goodmanson on 5 Jul 2020
Hi Bharath,
suppose the sum involving q is done over a dummy index j instead of i. It appears that Y and y are vectors of the same length so the expression is
Yi = sum{j=1,N} qj*xj*yi/(1+xj^2*yi^2)
or in matrix notation
Y = M*q where M(i,j) = xj*yi/(1+xj^2*yi^2)
You don't say how the length of Y and y compare to N, but if that length is >= N, then a least squares solution for q is just
q = M\Y.
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Bharath Anantharamaiah
Bharath Anantharamaiah on 5 Jul 2020
Hi David,
The approach you propose is absolutely perfect if the value of N is 1. However, if I have to choose N>1, I believe the calculation does not hold good. Please give me sometime, I am exploring the case that you described, i.e. if vector lengths of Q and q is not same as N. I will clear that doubt as soon as possible.
David Goodmanson
David Goodmanson on 6 Jul 2020
Edited: David Goodmanson on 6 Jul 2020
I will assume here that vectors Y and y have the same length as each other (if not then I don't understand the equation at all). But assuming Y and y are the same length, the key is that the entire expression is linear in q, so that a minimal q can be determined with standard linear algebra.
Assume that Y and y have length A. Then as I mentioned before, this can be put into matrix multiplication form,
Y = M*q
where Y is Ax1, q is Nx1 and M is AxN. This expression has A equations and N unknowns which are the elements of q.
If A=N there is an exact solution for q (assuming that matix M is nonsingular, which seems likely). If A>N there are more equations than unknowns and q = M\Y solves for q in the least squares sense. If A< N there are more unknowns than equations and q is not determined completely but can vary somewhat.

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