Re: [R] time-series trend classification

2012-02-19 Thread John Kohr
rithm appropriate for such problem I would be happy to hear. Somewhere I read about trend-tests but again I am not sure if it's going to be something helpful. Thanks again, John So trying the nls several times is not working > Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:48:44 -0800 > Subject:

Re: [R] time-series trend classification

2012-02-19 Thread Bert Gunter
If I understand you correctly, 5-10 points is not near enough to fit anything beyond a simple linear trend unless you know a priori what the form of the "trend" is. Period. Admitting that the data are insufficient is better than performing misleading analyses. * Cheers, Bert * My personal view.

Re: [R] time-series trend classification

2012-02-19 Thread Roy Mendelssohn
On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:46 AM, John Kohr wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I was looking for a way to classify time-series based on the curve-fit. I try > to campute several trends so i was thinking to link each trend with a > function. increase with exponential for example, increase and decrease

[R] time-series trend classification

2012-02-19 Thread John Kohr
Hello everyone, I was looking for a way to classify time-series based on the curve-fit. I try to campute several trends so i was thinking to link each trend with a function. increase with exponential for example, increase and decrease with a gaussian etc. The possiblities are endless though an