\Header{kernel}{Smoothing Kernel Objects}
\alias{bandwidth.kernel}{kernel}
\alias{df.kernel}{kernel}
\alias{is.tskernel}{kernel}
\keyword{ts}{kernel}
\begin{Description}\relax
The \code{"tskernel"} class is designed to represent discrete
symmetric normalized smoothing kernels.  These kernels can be used to
smooth vectors, matrices, or time series objects.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
kernel(coef, m, r, name)

df.kernel(k)
bandwidth.kernel(k)
is.tskernel(k)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{coef}] the upper half of the smoothing kernel coefficients
(inclusive of coefficient zero) \emph{or} the name of a kernel
(currently \code{"daniell"}, \code{"dirichlet"}, \code{"fejer"} or
\code{"modified.daniell"}.
\item[\code{m}] the kernel dimension. The number of kernel coefficients is
\code{2*m+1}.
\item[\code{name}] the name of the kernel.
\item[\code{r}] the kernel order for a Fejer kernel.
\item[\code{k}] a \code{"tskernel"} object.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
\code{kernel} is used to construct a general kernel or named specific
kernels.  The modified Daniell kernel halves the end coefficients (as
used by S-PLUS). 

\code{df.kernel} returns the \dQuote{equivalent degrees of freedom} of
a smoothing kernel as defined in Brockwell and Davies (1991), page
362, and \code{bandwidth.kernel} returns the equivalent bandwidth as
defined in Bloomfield (1991), p. 201, with a continuity correction.
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
\code{kernel} returns a list with class \code{"tskernel"}, and
components the coefficients \code{coef} and the kernel dimension
\code{m}.  An additional attribute is \code{"name"}.
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
A. Trapletti; modifications by B.D. Ripley
\end{Author}
\begin{References}\relax
Bloomfield, P. (1976) \emph{Fourier Analysis of Time Series: An
Introduction.} Wiley.

Brockwell, P.J. and Davis, R.A. (1991) \emph{Time Series: Theory and
Methods.} Second edition. Springer, pp. 350--365.
\end{References}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{kernapply}}
\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
data(EuStockMarkets)    # Demonstrate a simple trading strategy for the 
x <- EuStockMarkets[,1]  # financial time series German stock index DAX.
k1 <- kernel("daniell", 50)  # a long moving average
k2 <- kernel("daniell", 10)  # and a short one
plot(k1) 
plot(k2)
x1 <- kernapply(x, k1)
x2 <- kernapply(x, k2)
plot(x)
lines(x1, col = "red")    # go long if the short crosses the long upwards
lines(x2, col = "green")  # and go short otherwise

data(sunspot)     # Reproduce example 10.4.3 from Brockwell and Davies (1991)
spectrum(sunspot.year, kernel=kernel("daniell", c(11,7,3)), log="no")
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

