import numpy as np
from scipy import linalg
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

c1, c2 = 5.0, 2.0
i = np.r_[1:11]
xi = 0.1*i
yi = c1*np.exp(-xi) + c2*xi
zi = yi + 0.05 * np.max(yi) * np.random.randn(len(yi))

A = np.c_[np.exp(-xi)[:, np.newaxis], xi[:, np.newaxis]]
c, resid, rank, sigma = linalg.lstsq(A, zi)

xi2 = np.r_[0.1:1.0:100j]
yi2 = c[0]*np.exp(-xi2) + c[1]*xi2

plt.plot(xi,zi,'x',xi2,yi2)
plt.axis([0,1.1,3.0,5.5])
plt.xlabel('$x_i$')
plt.title('Data fitting with linalg.lstsq')
plt.show()