[R] Optimization problem

José E. Lozano lozalojo at jcyl.es
Fri Jun 18 08:48:14 CEST 2010


> How about smoothing the percentages, and then take the second derrivative
to find the inflection point?
>
> which.max(diff(diff((lowess(percentages)$y))))

This solution is what I've been using so far. The only difference is that I
am smoothing the 1st derivative, since its the one I want to be smooth,
smoothing the percentages curve does not produce good results.

Thanks!
Jose Lozano



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