About
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A library for fitting continuous piecewise linear functions to data. Just specify the number of line segments you desire and provide the data.

.. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cjekel/piecewise_linear_fit_py/master/examples/examplePiecewiseFit.png
   :alt: Example of a continuous piecewise linear fit to data.

Example of a continuous piecewise linear fit to data.

All changes now stored in
`CHANGELOG.md <https://github.com/cjekel/piecewise_linear_fit_py/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>`__

Please cite pwlf in your publications if it helps your research.

.. code:: bibtex

    @Manual{pwlf,
        author = {Jekel, Charles F. and Venter, Gerhard},
        title = {{pwlf:} A Python Library for Fitting 1D Continuous Piecewise Linear Functions},
        year = {2019},
        url = {https://github.com/cjekel/piecewise_linear_fit_py}
    }