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PlotFit

is an option to visualization functions such as ListPlot and ListPlot3D that determines how to fit a model to the data.

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PlotFit

PlotFit

is an option to visualization functions such as ListPlot and ListPlot3D that determines how to fit a model to the data.

Details

  • PlotFit is used to fit a model to the data, resulting in an approximating curve or surface.
  • PlotFitfit determines what method is used to fit a curve to the data.
  • Possible settings for fit include:
  • Automaticautomatically choose the fitting model
    "Linear"use linear regression
    "Quadratic"use a quadratic model
    "Cubic"use a cubic model
    "Exponential"use an exponential model
    "Local"use LocalModelFit
    "Kernel"use KernelModelFit
    modeluse the provided FittedModel

Examples

Basic Examples  (5)

Fit a curve to the data:

Use a linear fit:

Use a quadratic fit:

Fit a surface to the data:

Create a contour plot from the fitted data:

Wolfram Research (2025), PlotFit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html.

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Wolfram Research (2025), PlotFit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2025. "PlotFit." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2025). PlotFit. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_plotfit, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PlotFit}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html}", note=[Accessed: 25-October-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_plotfit, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PlotFit}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotFit.html}, note=[Accessed: 25-October-2025]}