package com.imsl.test.example.math;

import com.imsl.math.*;

/**
 * <p>
 * Fits a least squares B-spline to data.
 * </p>
 * 
 * A B-Spline is fitted to data using the least squares criterion. The value of 
 * the spline at point 4.5 is printed.
 *
 * @see <a href="BsLeastSquaresEx1.java">Code</a>
 * @see <a href="doc-files/BsLeastSquaresEx1.out">Output</a>
 *
 */
public class BsLeastSquaresEx1 {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        double x[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10};
        double y[] = {1.0, 0.8, 2.4, 3.1, 4.5, 5.8, 6.2, 4.9, 3.7};

        BsLeastSquares bs = new BsLeastSquares(x, y, 5);
        double bsv = bs.value(4.5);
        System.out.println("The computed B-spline value at point 4.5 is "
                + bsv);
    }
}