Don't do that then!
<http://catb.org/jargon/html/D/Don-t-do-that-then-.html>
. u auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. set rmsg on
r; t=0.00 18:50:22
. set more off
r; t=0.02 18:50:35
. expand 1000
(73926 observations created)
r; t=0.06 18:50:40
. lowess mpg weight
r; t=659.56 19:01:47
. rcspline mpg weight
r; t=7.58 19:02:17
i.e. -rcspline- is ~100 times faster, in one experiment.
Install -rcspline- from -ssc-. Requires version 10.
Nick
[email protected]
josemaria
I have a large data set and used the command -lowess-, which took 9.5
minutes to run using art of the data. I am using a notebook with Windows
XP
Professional, a processor Intel Pentium 1.73 GHz, 1.99 GB RAM.
For the specifications bellow, is it possible to get more speed, mainly
to
analyse a less restrict piece of data within the dataset? By the way, I
know that -lowess- is time consuming.
set mem 75m
(76800k)
. use "C:\ROSANGELA\doutorado\trabalho2.dta"
. des
Contains data from C:\ROSANGELA\doutorado\trabalho2.dta
obs: 272,704
vars: 32 14 Sep 2008 20:26
size: 41,723,712 (46.9% of memory free)
memory
bytes
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Details of set memory usage
overhead (pointers) 1,090,816 1.39%
data 40,632,896
51.67%
----------------------------
data + overhead 41,723,712 53.05%
free 36,919,480
46.95%
----------------------------
Total allocated 78,643,192 100.00%
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Other memory usage
system overhead 1,600,258
set matsize usage 337,600
programs, saved results, etc. 17,351
---------------
Total 1,955,209
-------------------------------------------------------
Grand total 80,598,401
count if sexo01==1 & idad_pesm<=12 & ordempesagem<=5
46355
lowess est_wazw idad_pesm if sexo01==1 & idad_pesm<=12 &
ordempesagem<=5
r; t=570.88 13:50:31
. dis 570/60
9.5
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