Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Martin Maechler wrote: > > > >>>>> "Greg" == Warnes, Gregory R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>>> on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:48:15 -0500 writes: > > > > Greg> As I've mentioned a number of times. I find it very > > Greg> useful to have lowess() become a generic function so > > Greg> that a lowess.formula() can be defined. > > > > Greg> Below is a patch that makes both changes, as well as > > Greg> updating the corresponding help documentation. > > > > I think most times you mentioned this, Brian told you that > > "loess" was there and was generic and was to be recommended over > > lowess anyway. > > Not quite: loess() is not generic, but it does have a formula interface > and it was recommended over lowess() by the authors of both. (loess() > is not generic for the reasons I sketch below.)
Not to mention that "lowess" is a speling misteak! http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/loess.html -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
