| ksmooth {stats} | R Documentation | 
The Nadaraya–Watson kernel regression estimate.
ksmooth(x, y, kernel = c("box", "normal"), bandwidth = 0.5,
        range.x = range(x),
        n.points = max(100, length(x)), x.points)
x | 
 input x values  | 
y | 
 input y values  | 
kernel | 
 the kernel to be used.  | 
bandwidth | 
 the bandwidth. The kernels are scaled so that their
quartiles (viewed as probability densities) are at
+/-   | 
range.x | 
 the range of points to be covered in the output.  | 
n.points | 
 the number of points at which to evaluate the fit.  | 
x.points | 
 points at which to evaluate the smoothed fit. If
missing,   | 
A list with components
x | 
 values at which the smoothed fit is evaluated. Guaranteed to be in increasing order.  | 
y | 
 fitted values corresponding to   | 
This function is implemented purely for compatibility with S, although it is nowhere near as slow as the S function. Better kernel smoothers are available in other packages.
require(graphics)
with(cars, {
    plot(speed, dist)
    lines(ksmooth(speed, dist, "normal", bandwidth=2), col=2)
    lines(ksmooth(speed, dist, "normal", bandwidth=5), col=3)
})