function [x_med_out,y_med,y_low,y_high] = binned_plot(x,y,varargin) % BINNED_PLOT binned scatter plot % % BINNED_PLOT(X,Y) splits vector X into bins of aproximately equal size, % and plots each median against the median of the corresponding Y-values, % as well as their inter-quartile range. X and Y must have the same % number of rows or columns. % % BINNED_PLOT(X,Y,NUM_BINS) also specifies the (maximum) number of bins. % % % [X_MED,Y_MED,Y_LOW,Y_HIGH] = BINNED_PLOT(...) returns the median of the % X-bin, the median, lower and upper quartile of the corresponding Y-values % % Additional properties can be set as attribute-value pairs: % - 'y_range' : specifies the width of the Y-band (range 0 .. 0.5; % e.g., 0.5 plots the range between maxima and minima); % default: 0.25 % - 'y_mean_std' : plot means and standard deviations instead of medians % and quartiles ['on','off'] % - 'style' : plotting style (same options as in plot command) % - 'density' : transparency corresponds to the number of points in % the shaded area ['on','off'] % - 'transparency' : transparency of filled range (for non-density plots) % - 'transparency_min': minimum transparency of filled range (for density plots) % - 'transparency_max': maximum transparency of filled range (for density plots) % % % Example: % x=0:0.1:20; % y=[sin(x); cos(x)] + randn(2,201); % binned_plot(x,y) % % Stefan Schroedl % 04/07/2008 optargin = size(varargin,2); stdargin = nargin - optargin; if (stdargin<2) error('at least two arguments required') end % defaults for optional arguments num_bins = []; y_range = []; style = []; y_mean_std = 0; transparency = 0.1; transparency_max = 0.6; transparency_min = 0.1; density_transparency = 0; % parse optional arguments i=1; while (i <= optargin) if (i==1 && isnumeric(varargin{i})) num_bins = varargin{i}; % interpret as number of bins i = i + 1; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'style') && i < optargin) style = varargin{i+1}; i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'y_range') && i < optargin) y_range = varargin{i+1}; i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'transparency') && i < optargin) transparency = varargin{i+1}; i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'transparency_max') && i < optargin) transparency_max = varargin{i+1}; i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'transparency_min') && i < optargin) transparency_min = varargin{i+1}; i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'y_mean_std') && i < optargin) if (strcmp(varargin{i+1},'on')) y_mean_std = 1; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i+1},'off')) y_mean_std = 0; else error('unrecognized option for y_mean_std, should be [on/off]'); end i = i + 2; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i},'density') && i < optargin) if (strcmp(varargin{i+1},'on')) density_transparency = 1; elseif (strcmp(varargin{i+1},'off')) density_transparency = 0; else error('unrecognized option for density, should be [on/off]'); end i = i + 2; elseif (ischar(varargin{i})) error('unrecognized attribute: %s', varargin{i}); else error('at most three arguments expected'); end end if (transparency_min >= transparency_max) error('transparency_min should be smaller than transparency_max'); end % determine input matrix sizes [nx,mx] = size(x); [ny,my] = size(y); if nx > 1 && mx > 1 error('first argument must be a vector'); end % adjust matrices to be column vectors if mx>1 % transpose x = x(:); nx = mx; mx = 1; end if my == nx % transpose y = y'; [ny,my] = size(y); else if ny ~= nx error('first and second arguments must have either same number of rows or columns'); end end if isempty(num_bins) num_bins = max( min(length(x),3), floor(sqrt(length(x)-1))-1); % default heuristic for number of bins else if ~isnumeric(num_bins) db error('third argument num_bins must be numeric'); end end if isempty(y_range) y_range = 0.25; % default: quartile end if isempty(style) style = ''; % no style specified end % determine colors and markers colors = repmat('b',1,my); noColSpec = cell(1,my); for i=1:my [colors(i),noColSpec{i}] = getColorSpec(style,i); end % x quantiles qvals = 0:(1/num_bins):(1-1/num_bins); x_quant = quantile(x,[qvals 1]); % remove identical bins x_quant = sort(unique(x_quant)); % due to interpolation, some bins can still be empty x_quant2 = x_quant; x_quant = x_quant(1); count_bin = length(find(x>x_quant2(1))); for i=2:length(x_quant2) count_bin2 = length(find(x>x_quant2(i))); if count_bin2 ~= count_bin x_quant = [x_quant x_quant2(i)]; end count_bin = count_bin2; end % preallocate outputs x_med = zeros(length(x_quant)-1,1); y_med = zeros(length(x_quant)-1,my); y_low = zeros(length(x_quant)-1,my); y_high = zeros(length(x_quant)-1,my); % desired y range for i = 1:length(x_quant)-1 idx = x >= x_quant(i) & (x < x_quant(i+1)); if (~y_mean_std) q = quantile(y(idx,:),[0.5-y_range 0.5 0.5 + y_range]); % hack for quantile output dim if my == 1 q = q'; end y_low(i,:) = q(1,:); y_med(i,:) = q(2,:); y_high(i,:) = q(3,:); x_med(i) = median(x(idx)); else % use mean and std dev m = mean(y(idx,:)); s = std(y(idx,:)); y_med(i,:) = m; y_low(i,:) = m-s; y_high(i,:) = m+s; x_med(i) = mean(x(idx)); end end if (nargout == 0) hold_mode = ishold; x_min = x_quant(1); x_max = x_quant(end); for i=1:my inner_spec = strcat(colors(i), noColSpec{i}); if(~density_transparency) % fill between quartiles xpoints=[x_min; x_med; x_max; x_max; flipud(x_med); x_min ]; ypoints=[y_high([ 1 1:end end],i); flipud(y_low([1 1:end end],i)) ]; fillhandle=fill(xpoints,ypoints,colors(i)); set(fillhandle,'EdgeColor',colors(i),'FaceAlpha',transparency,'EdgeAlpha',transparency); %set transparency else % precompute trapezoids, areas xpoints = zeros(4,length(x_med)+1); ypoints = zeros(4,length(x_med)+1); area_fill = zeros(1,length(x_med)+1); xpoints(:,1) = [x_min; x_med(1); x_med(1); x_min]; ypoints(:,1) = [y_high(1,i); y_high(1,i); y_low(1,i); y_low(1,i)]; area_fill(1) = (xpoints(2,1)-xpoints(1,1))*(ypoints(1,1)-ypoints(4,1)+ypoints(2,1)-ypoints(3,1))/2; for j=1:(length(x_med)-1) xpoints(:,j+1) = [x_med(j); x_med(j+1); x_med(j+1); x_med(j)]; ypoints(:,j+1) = [y_high(j,i); y_high(j+1,i); y_low(j+1,i); y_low(j,i)]; area_fill(j+1) = (xpoints(2,j+1)-xpoints(1,j+1))*(ypoints(1,j+1)-ypoints(4,j+1)+ypoints(2,j+1)-ypoints(3,j+1))/2; end xpoints(:,end) = [x_med(end); x_max; x_max; x_med(end)]; ypoints(:,end) = [y_high(end,i); y_high(end,i); y_low(end,i); y_low(end,i)]; area_fill(end) = (xpoints(2,end)-xpoints(1,end))*(ypoints(1,end)-ypoints(4,end)+ypoints(2,end)-ypoints(3,end))/2; area_max = max(area_fill); area_min = min(area_fill); area_range = area_max - area_min; if (area_range == 0) area_range = 1; end transparency_range = transparency_max - transparency_min; % scale transparency according to density (i.e., inversely % proportional to trapezoid area) transp_mod = transparency_max - (area_fill - area_min) .* transparency_range ./ area_range; for j=1:(length(x_med)+1) fillhandle=fill(xpoints(:,j),ypoints(:,j),colors(i),'LineStyle','none'); hold on; set(fillhandle,'EdgeColor',colors(i),'FaceAlpha',transp_mod(j),'EdgeAlpha',transp_mod(j)); % set transparency end end % plot median line hold on; plot(x_med,y_med(:,i),inner_spec); end % restore old hold mode if hold_mode == 0 hold off; end else x_med_out = x_med; end % auxiliary function to retrieve color specification (if any) and remainder function [color,noColSpec] = getColorSpec(s,i) colors = 'bgrcmykw'; color=colors(mod(i-1,8) + 1); % default color cycle noColSpec = '-'; % default line style if (~isempty(s)) idx=ismember(s,colors); if any(~idx) noColSpec=s(~idx); end if any(idx) color=s(idx(1)); end end