Figure. Orderfix applied to an example problem. Legend: gray = before, black = after.
orderfix
Reorder solutions of parametric studies (assumed to be in random order) to make continuous curves.
The common use case is postprocessing of numerically computed eigenvalues from parametric studies of linear PDE boundary-value problems. The ordering of the numerically computed eigenvalues may suddenly change, as the problem parameter sweeps through the range of interest.
The reordering allows the plotting of continuous curves, which are much more readable visually than scatterplots of disconnected points.
The simple distance-based algorithm implemented here may fail in regions where the solutions cluster closely together, but for the most part of the data, it usually works well.
For a discussion of this issue and some more algorithms, see Jeronen (2011), On the mechanical stability and out-of-plane dynamics of a travelling panel submerged in axially flowing ideal fluid: a study into paper production in mathematical terms, Jyväskylä Studies in Computing 148, University of Jyväskylä, ISBN 978-951-39-4596-1.
Usage summary
Basically:
import orderfix
orderfix.fix_ordering(data)
See test.py
for a usage example, complete with test data generation.
Installation
From PyPI
Install as user:
pip install orderfix --user
Install as admin:
sudo pip install orderfix
From GitHub
As user:
git clone https://github.com/Technologicat/orderfix.git
cd orderfix
python setup.py install --user
As admin, change the last command to
sudo python setup.py install
Dependencies
- NumPy
- Cython
-
Matplotlib (optional, for visualizing test results in
test.py
)
License
BSD. Copyright 2016-2017 Juha Jeronen and University of Jyväskylä.
Acknowledgement
This work was financially supported by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.