R help - Jul 2006 - dpss.taper for spectral estimation

Hi Rouyer,

You can redefine dpss.taper as follows

dpss.taper.2 <- function (n, k, nw = 4, nmax = 2^(ceiling(log(n, 2))))
{
     if (n > nmax)
         stop("length of taper is greater than nmax")
     w <- nw/n
     if (w > 0.5)
         stop("half-bandwidth parameter (w) is greater than 1/2")
     if (k <= 0)
         stop("positive dpss order (k) required")
     v <- matrix(0, nrow = nmax, ncol = (k + 1))

     storage.mode(v) <- "double"
     out <- .Fortran("dpss", nmax = as.integer(nmax), kmax =
as.integer(k),
         n = as.integer(n), w = as.double(w), v = v, sig = double(k +
             1), totit = integer(1), sines = double(n), vold = double(n),
         u = double(n), scr1 = double(n), ifault = integer(1),
         PACKAGE = "waveslim")
     return(list(  v=out$v[1:n, 1:k],
                   eigen=1+out$sig[1:k],
                   iter=out$totit,
                   n=n,
                   w=w,
                   ifault=out$ifault) );
}

or you can calculate the eigenvalues from the tapers as done in
the tridiagonal dpss calculation at

http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/sapaclisp/multitaper.lisp

Karim