Hi, I have been using the Histogram 2D contour function to create a heatmap displaying a 3 dimensional dataset (X and Y for coordinates and Z for the heatmap color).
For the binning I have been using nbinsx and nbinsy to fine tune the heatmap. Unfortunately, I don’t know how the binning is calculated using my inputted numbers. In the documentation it just says that my inputted numbers are “used in an algorithm that will decide the optimal bin size such that the histogram best visualizes the distribution of the data”.
If anyone could give me some insight as to how this binning algorithm works I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks