function g=gcvplot(alpha,varargin) % % Computes and plots the Generalized Cross-Validation score (GCV) % for local fits with different smoothing parameters. % % The first argument to gcvplot(), alpha, should be a matrix with one % or two columns (first column = nearest neighbor component, second % column = constant component). Each row of this matrix is, in turn, % passed as the 'alpha' argument to gcv() (and locfit()). The results % are stored in a matrix, and GCV score ploted against the degrees of % freedom. k = size(alpha,1); z = zeros(k,4); for i=1:k z(i,:) = gcv(varargin{:},'alpha',alpha(i,:)); end; plot(z(:,3),z(:,4)); xlabel('Fitted DF'); ylabel('GCV'); g = [alpha z]; return;