[BioC] re: Loess

[David Lee Duewer]

The names "lowess" and "loess" are derived from the term "locally weighted scatter plot smooth," as both methods use locally weighted linear regression to smooth data.

From: http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/curvefit/ch_data7.html

D

David Lee Duewer
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive Stop 8390
Gaithersburg, MD  20899-8390
USA

	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]