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How to calculate moving sum and moving average using Numpy Convolve?

Posted on December 5, 2021September 28, 2023 By Pythoneo

Let’s learn yourself how to calculate moving sum and moving average using Numpy Convolve. We will get to know a few tricks of Numpy Convolve function.
Numpy moving sum

Numpy denominator and moving average

The easiest moving sum

First let’s see how to calculate the most basic version of moving sum. Let’s have given list of numbers. To calculate moving sum use Numpy Convolve function taking list as an argument. The second one will be ones_like of list.

import numpy as np

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

moving_sum = np.convolve(my_list, np.ones_like(my_list))
print(f"Moving sum exuals: {moving_sum}")

Numpy moving sum

As you can see moving sum has been calculated. Here’s how it was calculated:
1
1 + 2 = 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15
2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 14
3 + 4 + 5 = 12
4 + 5 = 9
5

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Convolve method

The are 3 different parameters of Convolve function. Let’s see how they work. Valid parameter goes as a first one.

import numpy as np

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

moving_sum = np.convolve(my_list, np.ones_like(my_list),'valid')
print(f"Moving valid sum exuals: {moving_sum}")

numpy moving valid sum

You can see that only the highest value has been returned.

And this is how the “Same” parameter works.

import numpy as np

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

moving_sum = np.convolve(my_list, np.ones_like(my_list),'same')
print(f"Moving same sum exuals: {moving_sum}")

Numpy moving same sum

In our example “same” just skipped the lowest values.

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“Full” we will see as the latest one.

import numpy as np

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

moving_sum = np.convolve(my_list, np.ones_like(my_list),'full')
print(f"Moving full sum exuals: {moving_sum}")

Numpy moving full sum

As you see the result is the same as for regular Convolve. This is because “full” is a default option.

We already know how to calculate moving sum. Then we are ready to calculate moving mean in Python.

To calculate moving average you first need to create a denominator. You can do it thanks to list comprehension.

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To calculate the moving mean just divide moving average by your denominator like that:

import numpy as np

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
denominator = list(range(1, 5)) + list(range(5, 0, -1))
print(f"Denominator exuals: \n{denominator}")

moving_average = np.convolve(my_list, np.ones_like(my_list)) / denominator
print(f"Moving average exuals: \n{moving_average}")

Numpy denominator and moving average

Here is my short explanation on how moving average has been calculated exactly:
1 / 1 = 1
(1 + 2) / 2 = 1.5
( 1 + 2 + 3) / 3 = 2
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4) / 4 = 2.5
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5) / 5 = 3
(2 + 3 + 4 + 5) / 4 = 3.5
(3 + 4 + 5) / 3 = 4
(4 + 5) / 2 = 4.5
5 / 1 = 5

numpy Tags:Convolve, denominator, moving average, moving mean, moving sum

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