Dr. D. P. Kreil (Boku boku.ac.at> writes:
>
> 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 fo
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
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
