[R] Splines under tension

[David Winsemius]

On May 12, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Greg Snow wrote:

> I think this last line is a fortune candidate:
>
> It's not just that different disciplines rediscover the same ideas,  
> they also relabel them.
>

With apologies to Aretha: I second that emotion.

-- 
David.

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> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
>> project.org] On Behalf Of Terry Therneau
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:49 AM
>> To: sam.e
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [R] Splines under tension
>>
>> ---begin included message ---
>>
>> Does anyone know if R has a function for splines under tension. I  
>> know
>> there are numerous packages for spline interpolation within R i just
>> can't find one that lets you determine the tension factor.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> In the statistics literature these are called "smoothing splines".   
>> For
>> instance the s(x) construct in gam or pspline(x) in a coxph formula.
>> There are multiple ways to specify the 'tension factor', many in the
>> statistics community prefer the 'equivalent degrees of freedom' so  
>> you
>> will often see df=___ in the examples.  You can also directly enter a
>> penalty mulitplier.
>>   To get a clearer answer you would need to give the explicit
>> definition of "tension factor" from the literature you are quoting.
>> It's not just that different disciplines rediscover the same ideas,
>> they
>> also relabel them.
>>
>> Terry Therneau
>>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT