lsplineDS {dsBase} | R Documentation |
Basis for a piecewise linear spline with meaningful coefficients
Description
This function is based on the native R function lspline
from the
lspline
package. This function computes the basis of piecewise-linear spline
such that, depending on the argument marginal, the coefficients can be interpreted as
(1) slopes of consecutive spline segments, or (2) slope change at consecutive knots.
Usage
lsplineDS(x = x, knots = NULL, marginal = FALSE, names = NULL)
Arguments
x |
the name of the input numeric variable |
knots |
numeric vector of knot positions |
marginal |
logical, how to parametrize the spline, see Details |
names |
character, vector of names for constructed variables |
Details
If marginal is FALSE (default) the coefficients of the spline correspond to slopes of the consecutive segments. If it is TRUE the first coefficient correspond to the slope of the first segment. The consecutive coefficients correspond to the change in slope as compared to the previous segment.
Value
an object of class "lspline" and "matrix", which its name is specified by the
newobj
argument (or its default name "lspline.newobj"), is assigned on the serverside.
Author(s)
Demetris Avraam for DataSHIELD Development Team