kernel_properties {statip}R Documentation

Smoothing kernels

Description

The generic function kernelfun creates a smoothing kernel function.

Usage

kernel_properties(name, derivative = FALSE)

kernelfun(name, ...)

## S3 method for class 'function'
kernelfun(name, ...)

## S3 method for class 'character'
kernelfun(name, derivative = FALSE, ...)

.kernelsList()

Arguments

name

character. The name of the kernel to be used. Authorized kernels are listed in .kernelsList().

derivative

logical. If TRUE, the derivative of the kernel is returned.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to the kernel function.

Value

A function.

See Also

density in package stats.

Examples

kernel_properties("gaussian")

k <- kernelfun("epanechnikov")
curve(k(x), xlim = c(-1, 1))
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