Dario Strbenac <dstr7320 <at> uni.sydney.edu.au> writes: > > Good day, > > I have two probability densities, each with a function determined > by splinefun(densityResult[['x']], > densityResult[['y']], "natural"), where densityResult is the > output of the density function in stats. > How can I determine all of the x values at which the densities cross ? >
My initial thought was this is non-trivial, because the two densities could cross (or nearly-but-not-quite cross) at an unlimited number of points. I thought it would essentially boils down to "how do I find all the roots of an arbitrary (continuous, smooth) function? However, after thinking about it for a few more seconds I realize that at least the functions are piecewise cubic. I still don't see a *convenient* way to do it ... if the knots were all coincident between the two densities (maybe you could constrain them to be so?) then you just have a difference of cubics within each segment, and you can use polyroot() to find the roots (and throw out any that are complex or don't fall within the segment). If the knots are not coincident it's more of a pain but you should still be able to do it by considering overlapping segments ... ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
