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derivatives from loess (not locpoly)?

2 messages · J S, Brian Ripley

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Not easily. Unlike locpoly (in KernSmooth, uncredited), loess uses a 
locally varying bandwidth and that would need to be taken into account in 
determining the derivative.  The underlying Fortran code does not have any 
support for this.
On Sat, 17 May 2003, J S wrote: