Re: [R] Automatic Knot selection in Piecewise linear splines

dear all, I apologize for my delay in replying you. Here my contribution, maybe just for completeness: Similar to "earth", "segmented" also fits piecewise linear relationships with the number of breakpoints being selected by the AIC or BIC (recommended). #code (example and code from Martin

Re: [R] OFF TOPIC: Nature article on File Drawer Problem in Reserach

Just to remark that the R community hs been active in developing software in this area. The CRAN Task View has almost twenty packages claiming to address the problem under various names. https://cran.r-project.org/view=MetaAnalysis Whether the methods work has also been the topic of discussion