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stats (version 3.3.2)

ksmooth: Kernel Regression Smoother

Description

The Nadaraya--Watson kernel regression estimate.

Usage

ksmooth(x, y, kernel = c("box", "normal"), bandwidth = 0.5,
        range.x = range(x),
        n.points = max(100L, length(x)), x.points)

Arguments

x
input x values. Long vectors are supported.
y
input y values. Long vectors are supported.
kernel
the kernel to be used. Can be abbreviated.
bandwidth
the bandwidth. The kernels are scaled so that their quartiles (viewed as probability densities) are at \(\pm\) 0.25*bandwidth.
range.x
the range of points to be covered in the output.
n.points
the number of points at which to evaluate the fit.
x.points
points at which to evaluate the smoothed fit. If missing, n.points are chosen uniformly to cover range.x. Long vectors are supported.

Value

A list with components
x
values at which the smoothed fit is evaluated. Guaranteed to be in increasing order.
y
fitted values corresponding to x.

Examples

Run this code
require(graphics)

with(cars, {
    plot(speed, dist)
    lines(ksmooth(speed, dist, "normal", bandwidth = 2), col = 2)
    lines(ksmooth(speed, dist, "normal", bandwidth = 5), col = 3)
})

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