sscomp.Rd
\name{sscomp}
\alias{sscomp}
\alias{sscomp2}
\title{Composition Estimation}
\description{
Estimate composition using multinomial counts.
}
\usage{
sscomp(x,wt=rep(1,length(x)),alpha=1.4)
sscomp2(x,alpha=1.4)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{Numerical vector or matrix of multinomial counts.}
\item{wt}{Numerical vector of integration weights.}
\item{alpha}{Parameter defining cross-validation score for smoothing
parameter selection.}
}
\value{
\code{sscomp} returns a column of estimated probabilities.
\code{sscomp2} returns a matrix of estimated probabilities, matching
the input \code{x} in dimensions.
}
\details{
\code{sscomp} takes a vector \code{x} to estimate composition using
density estimation on a nominal discrete domain; zero counts must be
included in \code{x} to specify the domain. \code{wt} mimicking the
shape of the unknown density could improve performance.
\code{sscomp2} takes a matrix \code{x}, collapses columns to
estimate a density using \code{sscomp}, then using that as \code{wt}
in further \code{sscomp} calls to estimate composition for each
column.
}
\references{
Gu, C. (2020), Composition estimation via shrinkage.
\emph{manuscript}.
}