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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis.interpolation;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.math.DuplicateSampleAbscissaException;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.polynomials.PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm;
import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.polynomials.PolynomialFunctionNewtonForm;

/**
 * Implements the 
 * Divided Difference Algorithm for interpolation of real univariate
 * functions. For reference, see Introduction to Numerical Analysis,
 * ISBN 038795452X, chapter 2.
 * 
 * The actual code of Neville's evaluation is in PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm,
 * this class provides an easy-to-use interface to it.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 825919 $ $Date: 2009-10-16 16:51:55 +0200 (ven. 16 oct. 2009) $
 * @since 1.2
 */
public class DividedDifferenceInterpolator implements UnivariateRealInterpolator,
    Serializable {

    /** serializable version identifier */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 107049519551235069L;

    /**
     * Computes an interpolating function for the data set.
     *
     * @param x the interpolating points array
     * @param y the interpolating values array
     * @return a function which interpolates the data set
     * @throws DuplicateSampleAbscissaException if arguments are invalid
     */
    public PolynomialFunctionNewtonForm interpolate(double x[], double y[]) throws
        DuplicateSampleAbscissaException {

        /**
         * a[] and c[] are defined in the general formula of Newton form:
         * p(x) = a[0] + a[1](x-c[0]) + a[2](x-c[0])(x-c[1]) + ... +
         *        a[n](x-c[0])(x-c[1])...(x-c[n-1])
         */
        PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.verifyInterpolationArray(x, y);

        /**
         * When used for interpolation, the Newton form formula becomes
         * p(x) = f[x0] + f[x0,x1](x-x0) + f[x0,x1,x2](x-x0)(x-x1) + ... +
         *        f[x0,x1,...,x[n-1]](x-x0)(x-x1)...(x-x[n-2])
         * Therefore, a[k] = f[x0,x1,...,xk], c[k] = x[k].
         * 
         * Note x[], y[], a[] have the same length but c[]'s size is one less.
         */
        final double[] c = new double[x.length-1];
        System.arraycopy(x, 0, c, 0, c.length);

        final double[] a = computeDividedDifference(x, y);
        return new PolynomialFunctionNewtonForm(a, c);

    }

    /**
     * Returns a copy of the divided difference array.
     * 
     * The divided difference array is defined recursively by 
     * f[x0] = f(x0)
     * f[x0,x1,...,xk] = (f(x1,...,xk) - f(x0,...,x[k-1])) / (xk - x0)
     * 

     * 
     * The computational complexity is O(N^2).
     *
     * @param x the interpolating points array
     * @param y the interpolating values array
     * @return a fresh copy of the divided difference array
     * @throws DuplicateSampleAbscissaException if any abscissas coincide
     */
    protected static double[] computeDividedDifference(final double x[], final double y[])
        throws DuplicateSampleAbscissaException {

        PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.verifyInterpolationArray(x, y);

        final double[] divdiff = y.clone(); // initialization

        final int n = x.length;
        final double[] a = new double [n];
        a[0] = divdiff[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < n-i; j++) {
                final double denominator = x[j+i] - x[j];
                if (denominator == 0.0) {
                    // This happens only when two abscissas are identical.
                    throw new DuplicateSampleAbscissaException(x[j], j, j+i);
                }
                divdiff[j] = (divdiff[j+1] - divdiff[j]) / denominator;
            }
            a[i] = divdiff[0];
        }

        return a;
    }
}