[R] exponential smoothing

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Erin Hodgess wrote:

> Dear R People:
>
> Is there a function for exponential smoothing, please?
>
> R version 1.4.1 for Windows.
>
> Thanks in advance!  Have a great weekend!

It's in the upcoming 1.5.0, as part of Holt-Winters.  It can also be done
simply via filter(): exponential smoothing is applying a one-term recursive
filter, that is foreasting as an AR(1) process.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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