Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Exponential(3)

NAME
Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother::Exponential - Implement exponential smoothing

SYNOPSIS
  use Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother;
  my $smoother = Statistics::Descriptive::Smoother->instantiate({
           method   => 'exponential',
           coeff    => 0.5,
           data     => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
           samples  => [110, 120, 130, 140, 150],
    });
  my @smoothed_data = $smoother->get_smoothed_data();

DESCRIPTION
This module implement the exponential smoothing algorithm to smooth the trend of a series of statistical data.

This algorithm works well for unsmoothed data build with big number of samples. If this is not the case you might consider using the "Weighted Exponential" one.

The algorithm implements the following formula:

S(0) = X(0)

S(t) = C*S(t-1) + (1-C)*X(t)

where:

•   t = index in the series

•   S(t) = smoothed series value at position t

•   C = smoothing coefficient. Value in the [0;1] range. 0 means that the series is not smoothed at all, while 1 the series is universally equal to the initial unsmoothed value.

•   X(t) = unsmoothed series value at position t

METHODS

$stats->get_smoothed_data();
    Returns a copy of the smoothed data array.

AUTHOR
Fabio Ponciroli

COPYRIGHT
Copyright(c) 2012 by Fabio Ponciroli.

LICENSE
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