--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/generate_data.py	Thu Mar 29 12:05:33 2018 -0400
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+from __future__ import print_function
+import math
+import random
+# that's our x data, i.e. reference
+x = range(1, 101)
+
+# generate a gaussian
+def gaussian(x, amp, cen, wid):
+    return amp * math.exp(-(x - cen) ** 2 / wid)
+
+read1 = 18
+read2 = 66
+
+# that's our y data, i.e. reads
+y = [int(round(gaussian(i, 20000, read1, 0.5) + gaussian(i, 20000, read2, 0.5) + random.gauss(200, 90))) for i in x]
+
+# that's our data printed in pairs (x_i, y_i)
+with open("input.txt", "w") as f:
+    for pair in zip(x, y):
+        for p in pair:
+            print(p, end="\t", file=f)
+        print(file=f)
+
+# you have to set this manually to weed out all the noise. Every bit of noise should be below it.