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emd(x)
EmpiricialModeDecomposition
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findpeaks(x)
Findpeaks.
plot_hht(x,Ts)

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Description Thefunctionplot_hhtisarealizationoftheHilbertHuangtransform(HHT).TheHHTdecomposesasignal
intointrinsicmodefunctions(orIMFs),andobtaintheinstantaneousfrequencydata.Itisdesignedtowork
wellfordatathatarenonstationaryandnonlinear(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HilbertHuang_Transform).
LearnmoreabouttheHHTfromtheattachedpdf.

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Accompanyingfiles:Hum.wav,HHT.pdf
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CommentsandRatings (63)
22Jun2015

renu

dearfrnds
thanksforguidingme.

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pleasehelpmehowcaniusewavelettransformforanalsingecg
signals.
20Jun2015

TudorSascau

chenggheelim

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03Jun2015

chenggheelim

Iamhavingissueonhowtoprocessthehilberthuangspectralanalysis.
Belowismycodefortheemd,cansomebodyhelpme???

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sig=csvread('1bar.csv')
sig1=sig(:,1)%Time
sig2=sig(:,2)%Data
a=decimate(sig1,4)
b=decimate(sig2,4)
t=a
x=b
figure(1)
plot(t,x)
axistight

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title('OriginalResponse')
xlabel('time')
ylabel('amplitude')
%%%%%%EMD%%%%%%%%
imfs=eemd(x,0,1)
imfs=imfs'%foremdandeemdonly
num=size(imfs,1)%NumberofIMFs
figure(2)
subplot(6,2,1)
plot(t,imfs(1,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,2)
plot(t,imfs(2,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,3)
plot(t,imfs(3,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,4)
plot(t,imfs(4,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,5)
plot(t,imfs(5,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,6)
plot(t,imfs(6,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,7)
plot(t,imfs(7,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,8)
plot(t,imfs(8,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,9)
plot(t,imfs(9,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,10)
plot(t,imfs(10,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,11)
plot(t,imfs(11,:))
axistight
subplot(6,2,12)
plot(t,imfs(12,:))
axistight
%%%%%%%Instantaneousfrequency%%%%%%%
imfs=imfs'
omega_m1=ifndq(imfs(:,2),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m2=ifndq(imfs(:,3),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m3=ifndq(imfs(:,4),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m4=ifndq(imfs(:,5),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m5=ifndq(imfs(:,6),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m6=ifndq(imfs(:,7),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m7=ifndq(imfs(:,8),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m8=ifndq(imfs(:,9),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m9=ifndq(imfs(:,10),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneousfrequency
omega_m10=ifndq(imfs(:,11),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneous
frequency
omega_m11=ifndq(imfs(:,12),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneous
frequency
omega_m12=ifndq(imfs(:,13),1)%IMFusingforinstantaneous
frequency
figure(3)
subplot(4,2,1)
plot(t,imfs(:,2))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction1')
subplot(4,2,2)
plot(t,imfs(:,3))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction2')
subplot(4,2,3)
plot(t,imfs(:,4))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction3')
subplot(4,2,4)
plot(t,imfs(:,5))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction4')
subplot(4,2,5)
plot(t,imfs(:,6))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction5')
subplot(4,2,6)
plot(t,imfs(:,7))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction6')
figure(4)

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subplot(4,2,1)
plot(t,imfs(:,8))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction7')
subplot(4,2,2)
plot(t,imfs(:,9))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction8')
subplot(4,2,3)
plot(t,imfs(:,10))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction9')
subplot(4,2,4)
plot(t,imfs(:,11))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction10')
subplot(4,2,5)
plot(t,imfs(:,12))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction11')
subplot(4,2,6)
plot(t,imfs(:,13))
grid
title('IntrinsicModeFunction12')
figure(5)
plot(t,omega_m1/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m2/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m3/2/pi,'r',t,
omega_m4/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m5/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m6/2/pi,'r',t,
omega_m7/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m8/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m9/2/pi,'r',t,
omega_m10/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m11/2/pi,'r',t,omega_m12/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('AllInstantaneousFrequency')
figure(6)
subplot(6,1,1)
plot(t,omega_m1/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF1')
subplot(6,1,2)
plot(t,omega_m2/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF2')
subplot(6,1,3)
plot(t,omega_m3/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF3')
subplot(6,1,4)
plot(t,omega_m4/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF4')
subplot(6,1,5)
plot(t,omega_m5/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF5')
subplot(6,1,6)
plot(t,omega_m6/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF6')
figure(7)
subplot(6,1,1)
plot(t,omega_m7/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF7')
subplot(6,1,2)
plot(t,omega_m8/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF8')
subplot(6,1,3)
plot(t,omega_m9/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF9')
subplot(6,1,4)
plot(t,omega_m10/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF10')
subplot(6,1,5)
plot(t,omega_m11/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF11')
subplot(6,1,6)
plot(t,omega_m12/2/pi,'r')
grid
title('InstantaneousFrequencyIMF12')

12May2015

Dulip

functionhilbertisincludedinmatlabsignalprocessingtoolbox.hopethis
helps.

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10May2015

Mhammadali

functionhilbertisnotdefined..cananyoneexplain??

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26Apr2015

nerminemonla

hi,pleasecananyonetellmehowtoget3Dplot(amplitudetime
frequency)afterhilbertspectrumanalysisofIMF?

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26Apr2015

omid

Hum.wav

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11Apr2015

J.Hax

I'mhavingissueswiththisusingMatlabR2012astudentversion.The
issueintheEMDfileisthegetsplinecommand.Anyoneelsehavingthe
sameissueswiththis?

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01Apr2015

MahmoudHassan

29Mar2015

renu

IwanttoknowhowwecananalyseacompositesignalusingHHT.and
howHMSisusedtoanalysethesignal.Pleasesendmethecodefor
findingHilbertMarginalspectrum.Iwouldbethankfultoyou

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12Mar2015

Baha

Areintrinsicmodescorrespondto"naturalmodes"ofastructure?For
example,ofanonlineartimehistoryofabuilding,ifIuseaccelerationor
displacementresponseandusethiscodeHilbertHuangTransform,am
Igonnagetresponseseachcorrespondingtonaturalmodesofthe
structure?

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Thanks,
18Dec2014

DavidBurton

...andnoise.Lotsofnoise.

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Iwrote,"thereisprobablyanNyearperiodiccomponent,some
shorterperiodcomponents,andalineartrend."
Ishouldhavewritten,"thereisprobablyanNyearperiodiccomponent,
someshorterperiodcomponents,alineartrend,andnoise."
18Dec2014

DavidBurton

IhaveaquestionabouttheapplicabilityofHHT/EMD.

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SupposeIhaveatimeseriesdatasetinwhichthereisprobablyanN
yearperiodiccomponent,someshorterperiodcomponents,anda
lineartrend.Unfortunately,mydatasetisconsiderablyshorterthanN
years.Mygoalisnottofindtheperiodiccomponents(thoughthatwould
bemildlyinteresting),buttomoreaccuratelyfindthelineartrend,by
removingtheinfluenceoftheperiodiccomponents.
IsHHT/EMDusefulforthis?Canithelpmemakeamoreaccurate
determinationofthelineartrendthansimplelinearregressionanalysis
woulddo?
03Nov2014

ChingKevin

30Oct2014

mira

hi,
ihaveonequestion.whatisthefrequencylabelintimefrequencyplot
referto?isitinHzorrad/sec?
thankyou.

10Oct2014

lu

13Sep2014

Le

09Sep2014

kai

Thanks!

01Aug2014

dimplekhanna

02Jul2014

lin

28Jun2014

TraianPreda

Hi,

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Ihaveaquestion,regardinghowIcanidentifyinthelastplotwhich
frequenciesareplottedintime?
Thankyou
16Jun2014

nd

isthiscodehelpfulinvideostabilizationusingHHT

11Jun2014

francesco

thankforthetool,

21Apr2014

AlanTan

HiLeon,thanksforpointingout.Itriedfindpeaksinthesignal
processingtoolbox,andbutitreturned"Nopeaksfound."Possibly,in
thelaterversions(versionIamusingnowiskindaold),thefunctionhas
beencorrectedtolocatethepeak.Actually,Iamnotsoconcerned
abouttheerrorbecauseitonlyariseswhenthereareinstancesof
adjacentsampleshavingexactlythesamevalueontheleftsideofthe
peak,e.g.,findpeaks([122.0013321])returnsthecorrectanswer.In
mostcases,atleastinthecontextofHHT/EMDorgeneralsignal
processing,suchoccurrencesarerare.SorryIcouldnotbemore
helpful.

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21Apr2014

Leon

The"findpeaks"functioniswrong.Forsignalssuchas[1,2,2,3,3,2,1],it
returnboth2ndandthe4thtimepointsaslocalpeaks,whileonlythe
4thshouldbeconsideredapeak.TheMATLABfindpeaksfunction(in
SignalProcessingToolbox),meanwhile,doesnotshowthisfallacy.

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25Jul2013

jianning

Iamastudentintheuniversity.Millionsofthankswillgotoyouifyou
sentmethisfile.

21Dec2012

junqua

30Mar2012

RAMKINKERMISHRA

AlanTan,Ihadaqueryinemddecompositionyouhaveassigned
'SD=inf'butinmyopinioninsteadofthatsdshouldbecalculatedby

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usingintermediateIMFfromstartingonwards.

26Mar2012

JaidevDeshpande

HiAlan,

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IhaveproposedtocomeupwithaPythonimplementationoftheHHT
undertheGoogleSummerofCodeprogramme.ButI'mworriedabout
thepatentedstatusoftheHHT.
IseemanyimplementationsoftheHHTthatarefreelyavailable,anda
lotofresearchpapersarebasedonHHTtoo.Iftheinterestispurely
academicandnoncommercial,canHHTbeusedfreely?
Pleasehelpmeout.
Thanks
22Mar2012

dedenlaut

Howtoplotthisresultinenergyfrequencytimedomain?

08Feb2012

SergiAndruschenko

04May2011

RAMKINKERMISHRA

Thisisthecodeiamusing.

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functionhht_meanfreq(x,Ts)
imf=emd(xsin)
%emdfindsthedecomposedsegments
fori=1:length(imf)
imf1=cell2mat(imf(i))
%conversionofcelltomatrixasiam%usetoworkwithmatrix
a1(i,:)=imf1
a(i,:)=abs(hilbert(a1(i,:)))
%absolutevalueofeachhilbert%transformedIMF
th(i,:)=angle(hilbert(a1(i,:)))
%fINDINGPHASEOFEACHIMF
d(i,:)=diff(th(i,:))/Ts/(2*pi)
%CALCULAIONOFINSTANTANEOUSFREQUENCY
end
forj=1:length(imf)
mnf1(j)
=sum(d(j,:).*(a(j,1:end1)).^2)/norm(a(j,1:end1))^2
%CALCULATIONOFMEAN%INSTATNTANEOUS%FREQUENCY
OFEACHIMF
end
forz=1:length(imf)
mnf=sum(norm(a(z,:).*mnf1(z)))/sum(norm(a(z,:)))
%FINDINGMEANFREQUENCY
end
02May2011

MANOJKUMARPALO

pleaseprovidemethematlabcodeofhilberttransform

11Apr2011

RAMKINKERMISHRA

MyaimistofindthemeanfrequencyderivedviaHilbertHuang
transform.
Algorithm
1.firstfindthemeaninstantaneousfrequencyforeachIMF.
2.Thenusingtheseinstantaneousfrequenciesiwillfindoutthemean
frequencyoftheoverallsignal.
Ihavetriedtoimplementthealgorithmintheaboveprogrambutiam
notabletogettheresultproperly.

11Apr2011

RAMKINKERMISHRA

functionhht_meanfreq(x,Ts)
imf=emd(xsin)
%emdfindsthedecomposedsegments
fori=1:length(imf)
imf1=cell2mat(imf(i))
%conversionofcelltomatrixasiamusetoworkwithmatrix
a1(i,:)=imf1
a(i,:)=abs(hilbert(a1(i,:)))
%absolutevalueofeachhilberttransformedIMF
th(i,:)=angle(hilbert(a1(i,:)))
%fINDINGPHASEOFEACHIMF
d(i,:)=diff(th(i,:))/Ts/(2*pi)
%CALCULAIONOFINSTANTANEOUSFREQUENCY
end
forj=1:length(imf)
mnf1(j)=sum(d(j,:).*(a(j,1:end1)).^2)/norm(a(j,1:end1))^2
%CALCULATIONOFMEANINSTATNTANEOUSFREQUENCYOF
EACHIMF
end
forz=1:length(imf)
mnf=sum(norm(a(z,:).*mnf1(z)))/sum(norm(a(z,:)))
%FINDINGMEANFREQUENCY
end

16Feb2011

AliObodi

ToAuthor,

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whenirunplot_hht.m,ihadfollowingmessageappearedoncommand
window:
???Maximumrecursionlimitof500reached.Use
set(0,'RecursionLimit',N)tochangethelimit.Beawarethatexceeding
youravailablestackspacecancrashMATLABand/oryourcomputer.

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Errorin==>fileparts
Then,iused
set(0,'RecursionLimit',1000)(maximumvalue1000)andcomputer
crasheseverytime!wheniusedlowervaluesihadthesameprevious
message.
Pleaseneedadviceregardingthisproblem.Manythanks

30Nov2010

pankajbadoni

hipleaseanyonetellhowtoapplythisoneonimagesespofmedical
images.

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plz..replyfast.
26Oct2010

aami

cudanyoneplzgivemethelinktothecodefordecomposinganimage
usingEMD...
Thanxinadvance...

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Meenu
17Oct2010

Lukasz

Shouldn'tyouunwraptheanglethbeforesendingittodiff?

26Aug2010

Omar

I'minterestedinusingtheenvelopeofmysignalthatmightIgetusing
yourcodeforfurtheranalysis.But,byplottingbothoriginalsignalandits
envelopeonthesamefigure,itdoesnotshowmethattheenvelope
followthepeaksofmyoriginalsignalasshowninfigure1.2(upper
envelope)intheHHT.pdffile.So,couldyoupleasesuggestmeanidea
howtomaketheenvelopefollowthelocalmaxima.

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Omar
26Aug2010

Omar

14Jun2010

BuboBubic

Hi,
Igotnextmessagetryingtorunplot_hht.m:
???Maximumrecursionlimitof500reached.Use
set(0,'RecursionLimit',N)tochangethelimit.Beawarethatexceeding
youravailablestackspacecancrashMATLABand/oryourcomputer.
Errorin==>fileparts
ThenIrunfromcommandline
set(0,'RecursionLimit',2600)(maximumvalue2600)andcomputer
crasheseverytime!Forlowervaluesgotthesameabovemessage.
Pleasehelpwithsuggestionoradvices.
Thanks

06Jun2010

PaulHarfas

Hi.
First,Imustsaythispieceofcodehelpedmewithmywork,thankyou
foryoureffort.
Iamcurrentlyworkingonimprovingyourcodebyaddingextremaatthe
beginningandendofthedataseriesbasedontheactualdatapoints
(slopebasedmethod),notjustaddingzeros.Addingzeroswillresultin
"fake"(artificiallyinduced)oscillationsthatwillpropagatethrough
adjacentmodes(IMFs)andinduceerrors.IwillpostbackwhenIreach
aresult.
@rakesh:toobtainasurface(3D)plotofthetimefrequencyenergy
distribution,youshouldplotabs(hilbert(imf{k})).^2asthevalueontheZ
axis(plot_hht.mline15).

31May2010

AlanTan

@Rakesh:Notsurewhatyoumeantwiththe3dplotandverticalaxis.
Sorry.
@Hans:Ihavenotexperimentedwithfilesof.edfextensionIcan'thelp
muchwiththatsorry.

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11Mar2010

Hans

ToAuthor,

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Ihaveanotheronemorequestionisthat,mydatais.edfbutonceiplot
thehhtusinghht_plot.m,theresultcameoutisemptybutIMFis
runningandnotempty,istheresomethingwrongwithmydata?
24Feb2010

Rakesh

The1sttwoplotsaretheplotsof2imfswithhighestengerycontent.
However,accordingtothetheory,allimfs(andhencetheirfrqs)are
plottedwithrespecttotime.Idid"holdon"andhaveplottedtimefreq
distributionforalltheimfs.theplotlookskindofcrowdedbutstillgives
enoughinformation.Howeveristillhavfollowingquestions,
1.inhilbertspectrum,in3Dplot,verticalaxisamplitudeisfunctionof
time.butuhaveobtainedasinglevalueofenergyforeachimf.but
actuallyitshouldhavebeenfunctionoftime.Amiright?
2.HowshouldIgetSpactrogramtypeofplot?

21Feb2010

MarkShore

Justtriedthis,nocommentsyetexceptthatthesplinetoolboxisnot
required(atleastfor2009b).Acallismadetospline.mwhichisfoundin
MATLAB'sstandardtoolboxinthepolyfundirectory.

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04Jan2010

AlanTan

HiJaime,thankyouforthecomment.

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FromMatlab'shelponthesuppliedhilbert.mfunction,itappearsthat
thereisnonormalizationinvolved.Ihadnoparticularreasononthe
choiceofthefigurecoloursyoucanalwayschangethecolourofthe
plotbymodifyingLine25oftheplot_hht.mfunction.

29Dec2009

JaimeDelgadoSaa

Hello,Thanksforthistool,Itworksfineforme.Onequestion:doyou
usenormalizedhilberttransformforthecalculationoftheinstantaneous
frequencyoftheimf's.
justcurious:whythepicturesareblackandwhite?

16Nov2009

AlanTan

ThefollowingreplyisgiventoAgnesoveremail.

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HiAgnes,The2initialplotsarethetimefrequencyplotsoftheHHT
correspondingtothe2IMFswithofthehighestenergy.Subsequent
plotsaretheIMFs,plottedagainsttime.
15Nov2009

Agnes

Pleasedescribemewhattheplotsareexactelly.Isupposethatthefirst
istheHHTofthedatas,butwhatisthesecond?whatisthedifference
betweenthem?Andtheotherplotsarethevariousenvelopes?
AndifIhavea0.7KHzsamplingrate,thanIhavetogive700astheTs
or1/700?
Thanksforyourhelp!

16Oct2009

RaymondCheng

Thanksforyoursharing.

15May2009

delindahe

WouldyouguyspleasehelpmetofigureouthowdoestheHilbert
transformwork??
functionplot_hht(x,Ts)
%PlottheHHT.
%plot_hht(x,Ts)
%::Syntax
%ThearrayxistheinputsignalandTsisthesamplingperiod.
%Exampleonuse:[x,Fs]=wavread('Hum.wav')
%plot_hht(x(1:6000),1/Fs)
%Func:emd

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%GetHHT.
imf=emd(x)%emdisafunction,itreturnstheIMF(intrinsicmode
functions)
%%%%%%%ThefollowingoneistocalculateHilberttransformfor
eachIMFs,butIdonoknowhowitworks???????@#$%%
fork=1:length(imf)
b(k)=sum(imf{k}.*imf{k})
th=angle(hilbert(imf{k}))
d{k}=diff(th)/Ts/(2*pi)
end
[u,v]=sort(b)
b=1b/max(b)
%Settimefrequencyplots.Idonothowitplotthetimefrequency
figurestoo
N=length(x)
c=linspace(0,(N2)*Ts,N1)
fork=v(1:2)
figure,plot(c,d{k},'k.','Color',b([kkk]),'MarkerSize',3)
set(gca,'FontSize',8,'XLim',[0c(end)],'YLim',[01/2/Ts])xlabel('Time'),
ylabel('Frequency')
end
Thanksforyourhelp.
01Apr2009

AlanTan

Forthebenefitofotherreaders,thefollowingisthereplygiventoYu
overemail.

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HiYu,Iamassumingthesyoumentionedisoutputofthegetspline
function.ThearraysisformedbyinvokingMatlab'ssplinefunction,i.e.,
spline([0pN+1],[0x(p)0],1:N).You'dnotethatadditionalendpoint
conditions(looselyput,thesplineshouldsettletowards0atthe
endpoints)havebeenimposedasameanstocontaintheendpoints(of
theresultingspline)towithinreasonablebounds.Removingthese
conditionsmayresultinthe'extremepeaks'youmentioned.Ihopethat
clearsyourdoubt.
30Mar2009

Yu

toAuther,
hi,youdidaverygoodjob,andwithyourfunctionisavedalotoftime.i
haveaquestionaboutthd's'sensitivity.igotdifferentextremepeaks,
whenichangethe's'.canyoutellmewhatsthemeaningof's'?
thankyou

29Mar2009

AlanTan

HiAsim,Tsisasinglenumber(notacolumnofnumbers)denotingthe
samplingtime.Ifyouhavesamplescollectedevery,say1day,thenset
Ts=1.Pleasesendmeanemailifyouhaveotherdoubtsdonotpost
yourquestionsheresinceIdonotmonitorthissiteregularly.Thankyou.

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26Mar2009

Asim

ToAuthor,canyoupleaseexplainhowwearedefiningthevariable
'Ts'?IfIhaveadataseriescollectedeverydayfor45years,willthis
column1willbeTsorjustthevalue1?InmydatasetIhavetwocolumn
withsecondwithdatasetandfirstwithdayofmeasurement(regular

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basis).

06Jan2009

SQYuan

05Oct2008

KechangFu

03May2008

LegolasLong

whycan'tiuseitcorrectly?

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25Apr2008

ChianWong

TheuserwouldalsoneedtheSignalProcessingToolboxtoperformthe
HilbertTransformitself,thoughthisiselementarytocode.

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24Apr2008

TheAuthor

Ifyoudon'thavephase.minyourversionofMatlab(Ihaveinmine!),
youcansubstitutewithangle.mintheplot_hhtfunction.

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24Apr2008

TheAuthor

ForgottoaddthatyouwillneedtohavetheSplineToolboxtorunthis
one.

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24Apr2008

AddedrequirementfortheSplineToolbox.

24Apr2008

Replacedphase()withangle()inplot_hht().

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