Is there a SciPy function or NumPy function or module for Python that calculates the running mean of a 1D array given a specific window?
Another solution just using a standard library and deque:
from collections import deque
import itertools
def moving_average(iterable, n=3):
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average
it = iter(iterable)
# create an iterable object from input argument
d = deque(itertools.islice(it, n-1))
# create deque object by slicing iterable
d.appendleft(0)
s = sum(d)
for elem in it:
s += elem - d.popleft()
d.append(elem)
yield s / n
# example on how to use it
for i in moving_average([40, 30, 50, 46, 39, 44]):
print(i)
# 40.0
# 42.0
# 45.0
# 43.0