Difference between density() and bkde(); …

Difference between density() and bkde(); two kernel density estimation functions in R

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010, Mario Valle wrote:

> Any advice when to use denstity() and when the KernSmooth package bkde() to
> smooth a histogram?
>
> No specific problem to use either one, but I’m curious why there are two so
> similar implementations.

They are fundamentally different. density() uses FFT: bkde() does
not and is more flexible as a result Both use binning.

There are only a limited number of ways to implement something as
simple as KDE, and most of them have appeared in R/S-PLUS. Remember
that KernSmooth was written for S-PLUS and predates R (at least in
anything like its current form).

> Thanks!
> mario
>
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