R help - Oct 2017 - Default value of the option initial in the ses function in the forecast package.

Dear All,

I am trying to use the function ses from the forecast package.
>From its help I have :
Usage:

     ses(y, h = 10, level = c(80, 95), fan = FALSE, initial =
c("optimal",
       "simple"), alpha = NULL, lambda = NULL, biasadj = FALSE, x = y,
...)

My query is that if I do not mention the initial value will its default
value be "optimal".

A MWE would be  :

library(fpp)
oildata <- window(oil,start=1996,end=2007)
fit3 <- ses(oildata, h=3)

In the above is the default value of initial "optimal" or
"simple" ?

Note I have taken this example from https://www.otexts.org/fpp/7/1

Best Regards,
Ashim

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The first one, i.e. "optimal"; check help for match.arg() for the
idiom.

-pd

> On 2 Oct 2017, at 11:48 , Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am trying to use the function ses from the forecast package.
> 
> From its help I have :
> 
> Usage:
> 
>     ses(y, h = 10, level = c(80, 95), fan = FALSE, initial =
c("optimal",
>       "simple"), alpha = NULL, lambda = NULL, biasadj = FALSE, x
= y, ...)
> 
> My query is that if I do not mention the initial value will its default
> value be "optimal".
> 
> A MWE would be  :
> 
> library(fpp)
> oildata <- window(oil,start=1996,end=2007)
> fit3 <- ses(oildata, h=3)
> 
> In the above is the default value of initial "optimal" or
"simple" ?
> 
> Note I have taken this example from https://www.otexts.org/fpp/7/1
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ashim
> 
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Dear Peter,

Many thanks,
Ashim

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:30 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
> The first one, i.e. "optimal"; check help for match.arg() for the
idiom.
>
> -pd
>
>
> > On 2 Oct 2017, at 11:48 , Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am trying to use the function ses from the forecast package.
> >
> > From its help I have :
> >
> > Usage:
> >
> >     ses(y, h = 10, level = c(80, 95), fan = FALSE, initial =
c("optimal",
> >       "simple"), alpha = NULL, lambda = NULL, biasadj =
FALSE, x = y,
> ...)
> >
> > My query is that if I do not mention the initial value will its
default
> > value be "optimal".
> >
> > A MWE would be  :
> >
> > library(fpp)
> > oildata <- window(oil,start=1996,end=2007)
> > fit3 <- ses(oildata, h=3)
> >
> > In the above is the default value of initial "optimal" or
"simple" ?
> >
> > Note I have taken this example from https://www.otexts.org/fpp/7/1
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Ashim
> >
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> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at 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.
>
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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