MICA-Format Input Data

MICA accepts input data in a specific format as described in Getting Started. The Python version of MICA pymica provide a function format_data() to convert the input data into the required format.

If one has a driving light curve and a list of responding light curves, call the function as follows.

from pymica.utility import format_mica

# generate an output file "filename_output.txt".
# each light curve "lc" is a numpy array, with a size of n*3, namely, containing 3 columns:
# time, flux, and flux error.

data1 = lc_driving
data2 = [lc1, lc2, lc3]
format_mica("filename_output.txt", data1, data2)

If one has several datasets with each containing a driving light curve and a list of responding light curves, call the function as follows.

from pymica.utility import format_mica

# generate an output file "filename_output.txt".
# each light curve "lc" is a numpy array, with a size of n*3, namely, containing 3 columns:
# time, flux, and flux error.

data1 = [lc_driving1, lc_driving2, lc_driving3]
data2 = [[lc11, lc12, lc13], [lc21, lc22], [lc31, lc32, lc33]]
format_mica("filename_output.txt", data1, data2)

In the vmap mode, there is no driving light curve. One can call the function as follows.

from pymica.utility import format_mica

# generate an output file "filename_output.txt".
# each light curve "lc" is a numpy array, with a size of n*3, namely, containing 3 columns:
# time, flux, and flux error.

data1 = None
data2 = [lc1, lc2, lc3]
format_mica("filename_output.txt", data1, data2)