You might try rqss() in the quantreg package. It gives piecewise linear fits for a nonparametric form of median regression using total variation of the
derivative of the fitted function as a penalty term.  A tuning parameter
(lambda) controls the number of distinct segments.  More details are
available in the vignette for the quantreg package.


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On Jun 8, 2005, at 7:25 AM, Park, Kyong H Mr. RDECOM wrote:


Hello, R users,
I applied segmented regression method contributed by Muggeo and got
different slope estimates depending on the initial break points. The results are listed below and I'd like to know what is a reasonable approach handling this kinds of problem. I think applying various initial break points is certainly not a efficient approach. Is there any other methods to deal with segmented regression? From a graph, v shapes are more clear at 1.2 and 1.5
break points than 1.5 and 1.7. Appreciate your help.

Result1:
Initial break points are 1.2 and 1.5. The estimated break points and slopes:

 Estimated Break-Point(s):
                 Est.      St.Err
Mean.Vel 1.285     0.05258
               1.652    0.01247

Est. St.Err. t value CI (95%).l
CI(95%).u
slope1 0.4248705 0.3027957 1.403159 -0.1685982 1.018339 slope2 2.3281445 0.3079903 7.559149 1.7244946 2.931794 slope3 9.5425516 0.7554035 12.632390 8.0619879 11.023115
Adjusted R-squared: 0.9924.

Result2:
Initial break points are 1.5 and 1.7. The estimated break points and slopes:

Estimated Break-Point(s):
                Est.       St.Err
Mean.Vel 1.412      0.02195
               1.699      0.01001

Est. St.Err. t value CI (95%).l
CI(95%).u
slope1 0.7300483 0.1381587 5.284129 0.4592623 1.000834 slope2 3.4479466 0.2442530 14.116289 2.9692194 3.926674 slope3 12.5000000 1.7783840 7.028853 9.0144314 15.985569

Adjusted R-squared: 0.995.




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