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Bold = edit I've been trying to integrate two vectors t & a each with approx 100 values. I need to integrate c(T) = int a(t) dt between T and 0.
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I have two vectors a, and t. I need a vector answer c. each vector has aprox 100 values, and i need c to have this amount of answers too
c(T) = integral of a(b) with respect to t (dt), between T and 0. (T>0)
And i need c(T) to be in vector form. I've tried trapz, but this only gives me a single value. And i cant use the 'quad', or 'intergral' function, as i do not have an imput function. (Or cannot figure out how to create a function for this that works).
I am getting my a, and t, values from another function. Each t value corresponds to each a value.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 16 Dec 2012
Joe, is this what you mean?
clc; % Clear the command window.
close all; % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
imtool close all; % Close all imtool figures.
clear; % Erase all existing variables.
workspace; % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format longg;
format compact;
fontSize = 20;
t = linspace(0, 15, 350);
% Create some crazy function.
period = 5;
a = t .* abs(sin(2*pi*t/period) + 1);
% Plot it
subplot(3,1,1);
plot(t, a, 'b-', 'LineWidth', 3);
grid on;
title('Original Signal', 'FontSize', fontSize);
% Enlarge figure to full screen.
set(gcf, 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
% Get the cdf
cdf = cumsum(a);
subplot(3,1,2);
plot(t, cdf, 'b-', 'LineWidth', 3);
grid on;
title('CDF of Original Signal', 'FontSize', fontSize);
% Let's say T = 5.
% Find out what element has t = 5
startingElement = find(t >= 5, 1, 'first')
% Get the integral from that point on.
subplot(3,1,3);
cdf5 = max(0, cdf - cdf(startingElement));
plot(t, cdf5, 'b-', 'LineWidth', 3);
grid on;
title('Integral of signal from 5 on', 'FontSize', fontSize);
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Chris
Chris on 16 Dec 2012
Edited: Chris on 16 Dec 2012
No, but thankyou for your time. I'm sorry my question doesnt put forward what i wish. Though, finding the solution now, your answer has a part of it in it, and infact lead me to the solution.
For anyone looking for this answer, it was a combination of cumsum, and cumtrapz.

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per isakson
per isakson on 16 Dec 2012
See
quad
Numerically evaluate integral, adaptive Simpson quadrature
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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 16 Dec 2012
No! Quad is not the tool to do numerical integration of data vectors. Use trapz instead.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 16 Dec 2012
Here's what my help for int says:
int
--- help for filtstates.int ---
int Convert a FILTSTATES.CIC object to an integer matrix.
int(Hs) returns an signed integer matrix for the FILTSTATES.CIC
object.
EXAMPLE:
Hm = mfilt.cicdecim;
hs = Hm.states; % Returns a FILTSTATES.CIC object
states = int(hs); % Convert object to a signed integer matrix.
See also
FILTSTATES/CIC.
Obviously not what you want. Depending on how you define integrate, you can use sum() or trapz().

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