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I have following values:

x = [0, 12.5, 25, 50, 75, 87.5, 100]
y = [0.0, 0.2, 0.31, 0.5, 0.66, 0.76, 1.0]

These values represent display values from a device that provides something like a charging status. My problem is that the display (which is a mechanical hand) is not providing the correct values. When everything is correct, it should be a straight linear curve (x against x). But what I see is y against x. What I would like to do: How can I create a function that takes into account these values and provides the correct valuse I would like to have? My idea is: Fit the measured values and create a function which shifts the data points such that they ly on a straight line, finally.

Does that make sense?

Goal: How do I get the correct values? It looks like I have to shift the values below 50 % downwards and the values above 50 % upwards.

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  • $\begingroup$ So what is your question again? $\endgroup$ – Art Nov 19 '19 at 9:22
  • $\begingroup$ Finally, how do I get the correct values? $\endgroup$ – Ben Nov 19 '19 at 9:27
  • $\begingroup$ Is it possible to obtain more data (for example, a finer grid for x values)? Do you always get x = 12.5 when y = 0.2? $\endgroup$ – Art Nov 19 '19 at 9:32
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    $\begingroup$ Yes, always the same. Isn't just an inverse function doing the job? So I fit the data and then I use the inverse of it. $\endgroup$ – Ben Nov 19 '19 at 9:33
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    $\begingroup$ But I do measure it. The uncertainties are quite small. $\endgroup$ – Ben Nov 19 '19 at 9:37
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If you can measure $y$ for all values of $x$, then you're done...

From the comments above, when there's no uncertainty, there's no need to "fit" any curve. What you have is a function $y = f(x)$ where $y$ is what you're measuring. To get $x$ from this, you simply take the inverse function $x = f^{-1}(y)$, where $f^{-1}$ could be as simple as a piecewise function, for example, $f^{-1}(0.2) = 12.5$

If you cannot measure $y$ for all values of $x$, you could interpolate using spline interpolation (Python reference).

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Looking at the scatterplot, the data seemed to me as if it were similar to a sine wave plus a straight line. I fitted the data to several trigonometric functions of this type, and found that a hyperbolic cosine (cosh) with linear growth appears to fit the data well. The below equation and three fitted parameter values yield R-squared = 0.9978 and RMSE): 0.0149

amplitude = 8.6803997548024585E-03
center = 7.3734550922795378E+01
width = 1.5909052889748179E+02

pi = 3.14159265358979323846

y = amplitude * cosh(pi * (x - center) / width) * x

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  • $\begingroup$ I forgot to mention that the fitted parameter "width" should be the wavelength. $\endgroup$ – James Phillips Nov 19 '19 at 11:54
  • $\begingroup$ thanks, but how does this provide the "correct" values? $\endgroup$ – Ben Nov 19 '19 at 12:28
  • $\begingroup$ The difference between your fitted straight line and this hyperbolic cosine is the correction factor you are looking for. $\endgroup$ – James Phillips Nov 19 '19 at 13:43
  • $\begingroup$ The line is not fitted, it represents how the correct function should look like. $\endgroup$ – Ben Nov 20 '19 at 6:17

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