Dear John,
> With loess, I regret that I cannot help. I have not looked
> into the code. I'd not been aware that there was such a
> speed difference. Are you sure that you are comparing
> like with like? loess does not optimise the choice of 'span',
> whereas (unless you fix it), mgcv does opt
On 6/24/11 12:53 AM, Renaud Gaujoux wrote:
Thank you John for your response.
Things are a little bit more complicated though. The inheritance checks
are not only made in .onLoad, they are part of a class validity method,
which is called in .onLoad because some objects from this class are
created
Dear John,
> I suggest that you look at the abilities of the mgcv package.
> There are notes of mine at
>
> http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/%7Ejohnm/r-book/xtras/autosmooth.pdf
>
> that may help you get started.
Thank you very much for the suggestion and the link to your write-up,
it was indeed very
Thank you John for your response.
Things are a little bit more complicated though. The inheritance checks
are not only made in .onLoad, they are part of a class validity method,
which is called in .onLoad because some objects from this class are
created at this stage. Such objects can also be
