\name{titanium} \alias{titanium} \docType{data} \title{ Titanium Test Data } \description{ The Titanium data set describes measurements of a certain property of titanium as a function of temperature. } \usage{ data(titanium) } \format{ The format is:\cr Two columns called `x' and `y', the first being the temperature. } \details{ These data have become a standard test for data fitting since they are hard to fit by classical techniques and have a significant amount of noise. } \source{ Boor, C. de, and J. R. Rice (1968). Least squares cubic spline approximation II -- Variable knots, CSD TR 21, Comp.Sci., Purdue Univ. } \examples{ \dontrun{ data(titanium) plot(titanium) grid()} } \keyword{ datasets }