Dear Vito, Thanks for the quick reply.
In the case of splitting up the data, would it be advisable to independently fit a GLM on the subsets of the data, or use one single GLM for comparison in the 'segmented' function? Kind regards, Peter On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Vito Muggeo (UniPa) <vito.mug...@unipa.it> wrote: > dear Peter, > Currently segmented handles multiple breakpoints for several variables (the > limit discussed in the msg 2006 has been fixed..). > > However you are looking for a somewhat complicated model where the > breakpoint of the relationship 's.size' and 'R.AUC' depends on another > covariate 'bedekking'. Namely it is an interaction in the breakpoint > parameter (rather then in a linear parameter). > > Currently segmented is not able to deal with these interactions, and > splitting up the data into two or three groups according the values of > bedekking could be a feasible alternative. > > Hope this helps you, > > vito > > > > > Il 01/06/2012 11.35, Peter Hoitinga ha scritto: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm attempting to find multiple breakpoints in an association of my >> response variable (R.AUC) with two explanatory variables ('s.size' and >> 'bedekking'). The association between 's.size' and 'R.AUC' shows a >> plateau, but the value when this plateau is reached is differs for >> different values of 'bedekking'. >> >> Initially I thought these different values could be assessed by the >> 'segmented' function in the package of the same name, but this only >> seems to give one value of a breakpoint for each explanatory variable. >> A similar issue was treated in the following message from 2006: >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2006-January/086446.html >> >> Does anybody know whether there are any packages that do have a >> function for this? Or might it be a possibility to split up the data >> per value of 'bedekking' and then do the segmented function? >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- > ==================================== > Vito M.R. Muggeo > Dip.to Sc Statist e Matem `Vianelli' > Università di Palermo > viale delle Scienze, edificio 13 > 90128 Palermo - ITALY > tel: 091 23895240 > fax: 091 485726 > http://dssm.unipa.it/vmuggeo > ==================================== ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.