periodicSpline
Create a Periodic Interpolation Spline
Description
Creates a periodic interpolation spline.
Usage
periodicSpline(obj1, obj2, knots, period = 2 * pi, ord = 4)
## Default S3 method:
periodicSpline(obj1, obj2, knots, period = 2 * pi, ord = 4) 
## S3 method for class 'formula':
periodicSpline(obj1, obj2, knots, period = 2 * pi, ord = 4)
Arguments
  
| obj1 | a numeric vector or a formula with the form of "y~x". | 
  | obj2 | a numeric vector with the same length as obj1,  
or an optional data frame to evaluate the terms when obj1 is a formula. 
When obj1 is a formula and obj2 is missing, the sys.parent(1) is 
used as evaluation parent frame. | 
  | knots | a numeric vector. Used to design interpolation spline. | 
  | period | an optional value specifying the period for a periodic interpolation spline. | 
  | ord | a positive integer. Must be bigger than 2, and 
at most the number of knots of obj1. | 
 
Details
The elements of 
obj1 must be distinct in the function 
periodicSpline.default.
-  If knots is missing, knots is composed by 
c(x[(lenx - (ord - 2)):lenx] - period, x, x[1L:ord] + period)
-  If knots is not missing, period is rewritten by 
knots[length(knots) - ord + 1] - knots[1L].
The range between the first value and the last value of 
obj1 should be in one period.
Value
returns a list object of class 
c("pbSpline", "bSpline", "spline") that contains 
four components:
-  "knots"
-  "coefficients"
-  "order"
-  "period" with the attribute "formula"
See Also
Examples
qtr <- c(1, 2, 3, 4)
sales <- c(101, 102, 113, 104)
# fit a smooth seasonal pattern to sales
pS <- periodicSpline(qtr, sales, period = 4)
# interpolate/extrapolate to new times
predict(pS, seq(3,7,by=1/4))