In
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
, the signal magnitude area (abbreviated SMA or sma) is a
statistical
Statistics (from German: ''Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industria ...
measure of the
magnitude of a varying quantity.
Definition
The SMA value of a set of values (or a
continuous-time
In mathematical dynamics, discrete time and continuous time are two alternative frameworks within which variables that evolve over time are modeled.
Discrete time
Discrete time views values of variables as occurring at distinct, separate "po ...
waveform) is the
normalized integral of the original values.
In the case of a set of ''n'' values
matching a time length ''T'', the SMA
:
In the continuous domain, we have for example, with a 3-axis signal with an offset correction ''a'' for each axis, the following equation:
:
See also
*
Root mean square
In mathematics and its applications, the root mean square of a set of numbers x_i (abbreviated as RMS, or rms and denoted in formulas as either x_\mathrm or \mathrm_x) is defined as the square root of the mean square (the arithmetic mean of the ...
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