Weighted moving average in python with different width in different regions - python-3.x

Question

I was trying to take a oscillation avarage of a highly oscillating data. The oscillations are not uniform, it has less oscillations in the initial regions.
x = np.linspace(0, 1000, 1000001)
y = some oscillating data say, sin(x^2)
(The original data file is huge, so I can't upload it)
I want to take a weighted moving avarage of the function and plot it. Initially the period of the function is larger, so I want to take avarage over a large time interval. While I can do with smaller time interval latter.
I have found a possible elegant solution in following post:
Weighted moving average in python
However, I want to have different width in different regions of x. Say when x is between (0,100) I want the width=0.6, while when x is between (101, 300) width=0.2 and so on.
This is what I have tried to implement( with my limited knowledge in programing!)
def weighted_moving_average(x,y,step_size=0.05):#change the width to control average
bin_centers = np.arange(np.min(x),np.max(x)-0.5*step_size,step_size)+0.5*step_size
bin_avg = np.zeros(len(bin_centers))
#We're going to weight with a Gaussian function
def gaussian(x,amp=1,mean=0,sigma=1):
return amp*np.exp(-(x-mean)**2/(2*sigma**2))
if x.any() < 100:
for index in range(0,len(bin_centers)):
bin_center = bin_centers[index]
weights = gaussian(x,mean=bin_center,sigma=0.6)
bin_avg[index] = np.average(y,weights=weights)
else:
for index in range(0,len(bin_centers)):
bin_center = bin_centers[index]
weights = gaussian(x,mean=bin_center,sigma=0.1)
bin_avg[index] = np.average(y,weights=weights)
return (bin_centers,bin_avg)
It is needless to say that this is not working! I am getting the plot with the first value of sigma. Please help...

Answer 1

The following snippet should do more or less what you tried to do. You have mainly a logical problem in your code, x.any() < 100 will always be True, so you'll never execute the second part.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1000)
y = np.sin(x**2)
def gaussian(x,amp=1,mean=0,sigma=1):
return amp*np.exp(-(x-mean)**2/(2*sigma**2))
def weighted_average(x,y,step_size=0.3):
weights = np.zeros_like(x)
bin_centers = np.arange(np.min(x),np.max(x)-.5*step_size,step_size)+.5*step_size
bin_avg = np.zeros_like(bin_centers)
for i, center in enumerate(bin_centers):
# Select the indices that should count to that bin
idx = ((x >= center-.5*step_size) & (x <= center+.5*step_size))
weights = gaussian(x[idx], mean=center, sigma=step_size)
bin_avg[i] = np.average(y[idx], weights=weights)
return (bin_centers,bin_avg)
idx = x <= 4
plt.plot(*weighted_average(x[idx],y[idx], step_size=0.6))
idx = x >= 3
plt.plot(*weighted_average(x[idx],y[idx], step_size=0.1))
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.legend(['0.6', '0.1', 'y'])
plt.show()
However, depending on the usage, you could also implement moving average directly:
x = np.linspace(0, 60, 1000)
y = np.sin(x**2)
z = np.zeros_like(x)
z[0] = x[0]
for i, t in enumerate(x[1:]):
a=.2
z[i+1] = a*y[i+1] + (1-a)*z[i]
plt.plot(x,y)
plt.plot(x,z)
plt.legend(['data', 'moving average'])
plt.show()
Of course you could then change a adaptively, e.g. depending of the local variance. Also note that this has apriori a small bias depending on a and the step size in x.