Dear R-Developers,
I have just noticed that R configure picks up an older system kpsewhich
(and consequently fails) despite the correct kpsewhich being in the PATH as
it should. So "which kpsewhich" gives the correct one. I could work around
this by setting KPSEWHICH=`which kpsewhich` on the confi
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
Dear R developers!
Considering I got no response or comments in the general r-help forum
so far, perhaps my question is actually better suited for this list? I
have added some more hopefully relevant technical details to my
original post (edited below).
Any comments gratefully received!
Best reg
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