[pstricks] Drawing S- and Z-Curves

[Michael Sharpe]

Rich,

Here's my re-edit of your material, which works correctly. I see I  
wrote something wrong the first time, omitting the factor of 2 in the  
normal density.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\pagestyle{empty}
%
\def\pshlabel#1{\footnotesize#1}\def\psvlabel#1{\footnotesize#1}
%
\begin{document}
\psset{yunit=4cm,xunit=2cm}
\begin{pspicture}(-2,0)(2,1)
   \psset{plotpoints=500, plotstyle=line}
   \uput[-90](2,0){x}
   \uput[0](0,1){y}
   \rput(1,0.75){$\sigma =0.5$}
   % a=0.0 b=2.0 m=1.5 v=0.5
\psplot[algebraic]{0.0}{2.0}{Ex(-(x-1.0)^2/0.5)}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

The package pstricks-add (not pst-add) loads the other packages---save  
typing.
You had some confusing settings---good to put actual dimensions on  
xunit, yunit.
The algebraic option of pstricks-add is well described in pstricks- 
add.doc.pdf (texdoc pstricks-add, at the command line.)

Michael

On Apr 25, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Michael Sharpe wrote:
>
>> For the bell shaped curve with value 1 at x=m, variance v, plotted
>> from x=a to x=b, you could use
>> \psplot[algebraic]{a}{b}{Ex(-(x-m)^2/v)}
>> where, of course, specific numbers should be substituted for m, v,  
>> a, b.
>>
>> A similar expression can be constructed for the particular logistic
>> curve (S-curve) you need, possibly expressed most simply using \tanh,
>> written th in algebraic formulas. Eg
>> \psplot[algebraic]{a}{b}{(1+th(x/2))/2}
>
> Michael,
>
>   Thank you very much. I have been unsuccessful looking for  
> documentation on
> how to use the algebraic option for \psplot. Trying to emulate the  
> Gaussian
> plot example on the PSTricks example pages, but without the embedded  
> PS, my
> latest attempt is here:
>
> \documentclass[letterpaper,10pt]{article}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \usepackage{pst-plot}
> \usepackage{pst-add}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> %
> \def\pshlabel#1{\footnotesize#1}\def\psvlabel#1{\footnotesize#1}
> %
> \begin{document}
> \psset{yunit=4cm,xunit=4}
> \begin{pspicture}(-2,0)(2,1)
>   \psset{xunit=2, plotpoints=500, plotstyle=line}
>   \uput[-90](2,0){x}\uput[0](0,1){y}
>   \rput[lb](1,0.75){$\sigma =0.5$}
>   % a=0.0 b=2.0 m=1.5 v=0.5
>   \psplot[algebraic]{0.0}{2.0}{Ex(-(x-3.0)^2/0.5)}
> \end{pspicture}
> \end{document}
>
>   And I would greatly appreciate a clue stick nudging me to the  
> proper way
> to write these.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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