<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ascii"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>Bio.Statistics.lowess</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="epydoc.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="epydoc.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="#204080" alink="#204080"> <!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> <table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <!-- Tree link --> <th> <a href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> <!-- Index link --> <th> <a href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> <!-- Help link --> <th> <a href="help.html">Help</a> </th> <th class="navbar" width="100%"></th> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100%"> <span class="breadcrumbs"> <a href="Bio-module.html">Package Bio</a> :: <a href="Bio.Statistics-module.html">Package Statistics</a> :: Module lowess </span> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <!-- hide/show private --> <tr><td align="right"><span class="options">[<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();">hide private</a>]</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="right"><span class="options" >[<a href="frames.html" target="_top">frames</a >] | <a href="Bio.Statistics.lowess-module.html" target="_top">no frames</a>]</span></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== MODULE DESCRIPTION ==================== --> <h1 class="epydoc">Module lowess</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="Bio.Statistics.lowess-pysrc.html">source code</a></span></p> <p>This module implements the Lowess function for nonparametric regression.</p> <p>Functions: lowess Fit a smooth nonparametric regression curve to a scatterplot.</p> <p>For more information, see</p> <p>William S. Cleveland: "Robust locally weighted regression and smoothing scatterplots", Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 1979, volume 74, number 368, pp. 829-836.</p> <p>William S. Cleveland and Susan J. Devlin: "Locally weighted regression: An approach to regression analysis by local fitting", Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1988, volume 83, number 403, pp. 596-610.</p> <!-- ==================== FUNCTIONS ==================== --> <a name="section-Functions"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Functions</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Functions" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();" >hide private</a>]</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type">yest</span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="Bio.Statistics.lowess-module.html#lowess" class="summary-sig-name">lowess</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">x</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">y</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">f</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">2./3.</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">iter</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">3</span>)</span><br /> Lowess smoother: Robust locally weighted regression.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="Bio.Statistics.lowess-pysrc.html#lowess">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== VARIABLES ==================== --> <a name="section-Variables"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span 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class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Complex32"></a><span class="summary-name">Complex32</span> = <code title="'F'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">F</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Complex64"></a><span class="summary-name">Complex64</span> = <code title="'D'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">D</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Complex8"></a><span class="summary-name">Complex8</span> = <code title="'F'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">F</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Float0"></a><span class="summary-name">Float0</span> = <code title="'f'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">f</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Float16"></a><span class="summary-name">Float16</span> = <code title="'f'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">f</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Float32"></a><span class="summary-name">Float32</span> = <code title="'f'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">f</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Float64"></a><span class="summary-name">Float64</span> = <code title="'d'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">d</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Float8"></a><span class="summary-name">Float8</span> = <code title="'f'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">f</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Int0"></a><span class="summary-name">Int0</span> = <code title="'1'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">1</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Int16"></a><span class="summary-name">Int16</span> = <code title="'s'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">s</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Int32"></a><span class="summary-name">Int32</span> = <code title="'i'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">i</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Int64"></a><span class="summary-name">Int64</span> = <code title="'l'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">l</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="Int8"></a><span class="summary-name">Int8</span> = <code title="'1'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">1</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="absolute"></a><span class="summary-name">absolute</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'absolute'>"><ufunc 'absolute'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="add"></a><span class="summary-name">add</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'add'>"><ufunc 'add'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arccos"></a><span class="summary-name">arccos</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arccos'>"><ufunc 'arccos'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arccosh"></a><span class="summary-name">arccosh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arccosh'>"><ufunc 'arccosh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arcsin"></a><span class="summary-name">arcsin</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arcsin'>"><ufunc 'arcsin'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arcsinh"></a><span class="summary-name">arcsinh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arcsinh'>"><ufunc 'arcsinh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arctan"></a><span class="summary-name">arctan</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arctan'>"><ufunc 'arctan'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arctan2"></a><span class="summary-name">arctan2</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arctan2'>"><ufunc 'arctan2'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="arctanh"></a><span class="summary-name">arctanh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'arctanh'>"><ufunc 'arctanh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="bitwise_and"></a><span class="summary-name">bitwise_and</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'bitwise_and'>"><ufunc 'bitwise_and'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="bitwise_or"></a><span class="summary-name">bitwise_or</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'bitwise_or'>"><ufunc 'bitwise_or'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="bitwise_xor"></a><span class="summary-name">bitwise_xor</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'bitwise_xor'>"><ufunc 'bitwise_xor'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="ceil"></a><span class="summary-name">ceil</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'ceil'>"><ufunc 'ceil'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="conjugate"></a><span class="summary-name">conjugate</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'conjugate'>"><ufunc 'conjugate'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="cos"></a><span class="summary-name">cos</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'cos'>"><ufunc 'cos'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="cosh"></a><span class="summary-name">cosh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'cosh'>"><ufunc 'cosh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="divide"></a><span class="summary-name">divide</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'divide'>"><ufunc 'divide'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="divide_safe"></a><span class="summary-name">divide_safe</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'divide_safe'>"><ufunc 'divide_safe'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="e"></a><span class="summary-name">e</span> = <code title="2.71828182846">2.71828182846</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="equal"></a><span class="summary-name">equal</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'equal'>"><ufunc 'equal'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="exp"></a><span class="summary-name">exp</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'exp'>"><ufunc 'exp'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="fabs"></a><span class="summary-name">fabs</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'fabs'>"><ufunc 'fabs'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="floor"></a><span class="summary-name">floor</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'floor'>"><ufunc 'floor'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="floor_divide"></a><span class="summary-name">floor_divide</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'floor_divide'>"><ufunc 'floor_divide'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="fmod"></a><span class="summary-name">fmod</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'fmod'>"><ufunc 'fmod'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="greater"></a><span class="summary-name">greater</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'greater'>"><ufunc 'greater'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="greater_equal"></a><span class="summary-name">greater_equal</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'greater_equal'>"><ufunc 'greater_equal'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="hypot"></a><span class="summary-name">hypot</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'hypot'>"><ufunc 'hypot'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="invert"></a><span class="summary-name">invert</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'invert'>"><ufunc 'invert'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="left_shift"></a><span class="summary-name">left_shift</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'left_shift'>"><ufunc 'left_shift'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="less"></a><span class="summary-name">less</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'less'>"><ufunc 'less'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="less_equal"></a><span class="summary-name">less_equal</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'less_equal'>"><ufunc 'less_equal'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="log"></a><span class="summary-name">log</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'log'>"><ufunc 'log'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="log10"></a><span class="summary-name">log10</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'log10'>"><ufunc 'log10'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="logical_and"></a><span class="summary-name">logical_and</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'logical_and'>"><ufunc 'logical_and'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="logical_not"></a><span class="summary-name">logical_not</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'logical_not'>"><ufunc 'logical_not'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="logical_or"></a><span class="summary-name">logical_or</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'logical_or'>"><ufunc 'logical_or'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="logical_xor"></a><span class="summary-name">logical_xor</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'logical_xor'>"><ufunc 'logical_xor'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="maximum"></a><span class="summary-name">maximum</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'maximum'>"><ufunc 'maximum'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="minimum"></a><span class="summary-name">minimum</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'minimum'>"><ufunc 'minimum'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="multiply"></a><span class="summary-name">multiply</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'multiply'>"><ufunc 'multiply'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="negative"></a><span class="summary-name">negative</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'negative'>"><ufunc 'negative'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="not_equal"></a><span class="summary-name">not_equal</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'not_equal'>"><ufunc 'not_equal'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="pi"></a><span class="summary-name">pi</span> = <code title="3.14159265359">3.14159265359</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="power"></a><span class="summary-name">power</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'power'>"><ufunc 'power'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="remainder"></a><span class="summary-name">remainder</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'remainder'>"><ufunc 'remainder'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="right_shift"></a><span class="summary-name">right_shift</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'right_shift'>"><ufunc 'right_shift'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="sin"></a><span class="summary-name">sin</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'sin'>"><ufunc 'sin'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="sinh"></a><span class="summary-name">sinh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'sinh'>"><ufunc 'sinh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="sqrt"></a><span class="summary-name">sqrt</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'sqrt'>"><ufunc 'sqrt'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="subtract"></a><span class="summary-name">subtract</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'subtract'>"><ufunc 'subtract'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="tan"></a><span class="summary-name">tan</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'tan'>"><ufunc 'tan'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="tanh"></a><span class="summary-name">tanh</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'tanh'>"><ufunc 'tanh'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="true_divide"></a><span class="summary-name">true_divide</span> = <code title="<ufunc 'true_divide'>"><ufunc 'true_divide'></code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="x"></a><span class="summary-name">x</span> = <code title="ImportError('No module named cluster',)">ImportError('No module named cluster',)</code> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== FUNCTION DETAILS ==================== --> <a name="section-FunctionDetails"></a> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Function Details</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-FunctionDetails" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();" >hide private</a>]</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="lowess"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">lowess</span>(<span class="sig-arg">x</span>, <span class="sig-arg">y</span>, <span class="sig-arg">f</span>=<span class="sig-default">2./3.</span>, <span class="sig-arg">iter</span>=<span class="sig-default">3</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="codelink"><a href="Bio.Statistics.lowess-pysrc.html#lowess">source code</a></span> </td> </tr></table> <p>Lowess smoother: Robust locally weighted regression. The lowess function fits a nonparametric regression curve to a scatterplot. The arrays x and y contain an equal number of elements; each pair (x[i], y[i]) defines a data point in the scatterplot. The function returns the estimated (smooth) values of y.</p> <p>The smoothing span is given by f. A larger value for f will result in a smoother curve. The number of robustifying iterations is given by iter. 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