tests/testthat/test-bw-scale-factor-lower-bound-global-contract.R

library(np)

test_that("omitted generic scale-factor floor defaults to 0.1", {
  expect_equal(np:::npResolveScaleFactorLowerBound(NULL), 0.1, tolerance = 0)
  expect_equal(np:::npResolveScaleFactorLowerBound(0.01), 0.01, tolerance = 0)
})

test_that("scale.factor.search.lower is accepted across bandwidth selectors", {
  set.seed(20260423)
  n <- 32L
  x <- runif(n)
  z <- runif(n)
  y <- sin(2 * pi * x) + rnorm(n, sd = 0.25)

  expect_floor <- function(object, expected = 0.2) {
    expect_equal(object$scale.factor.search.lower, expected, tolerance = 0)
    invisible(object)
  }

  common <- list(
    bwscaling = TRUE,
    bwtype = "fixed",
    nmulti = 1L,
    itmax = 10L,
    scale.factor.search.lower = 0.2
  )

  expect_floor(do.call(npregbw, c(
    list(xdat = data.frame(x = x), ydat = y, bwmethod = "cv.ls"),
    common
  )))

  expect_floor(do.call(npudensbw, c(
    list(dat = data.frame(y = y), bwmethod = "cv.ls"),
    common
  )))

  expect_floor(do.call(npudistbw, c(
    list(dat = data.frame(y = y), bwmethod = "cv.cdf"),
    common
  )))

  expect_floor(do.call(npcdensbw, c(
    list(xdat = data.frame(x = x), ydat = y, bwmethod = "cv.ls"),
    common
  )))

  expect_floor(do.call(npcdistbw, c(
    list(xdat = data.frame(x = x), ydat = y, bwmethod = "cv.ls"),
    common
  )))
})

test_that("scale.factor.search.lower propagates through semiparametric selectors", {
  set.seed(20260424)
  n <- 32L
  x <- runif(n)
  z <- runif(n)
  y <- 1 + x + sin(2 * pi * z) + rnorm(n, sd = 0.25)

  pl <- npplregbw(
    xdat = data.frame(x = x),
    ydat = y,
    zdat = data.frame(z = z),
    bwmethod = "cv.ls",
    bwtype = "fixed",
    nmulti = 1L,
    itmax = 10L,
    scale.factor.search.lower = 0.2
  )
  expect_equal(
    unname(vapply(pl$bw, function(bwi) bwi$scale.factor.search.lower, numeric(1L))),
    rep(0.2, length(pl$bw)),
    tolerance = 0
  )

  si <- npindexbw(
    xdat = data.frame(x = x, z = z),
    ydat = y,
    bws = c(0, 0, 0),
    bwmethod = "ichimura",
    bwtype = "fixed",
    nmulti = 1L,
    optim.maxit = 10L,
    scale.factor.search.lower = 0.2
  )
  expect_equal(si$scale.factor.search.lower, 0.2, tolerance = 0)

  sc <- npscoefbw(
    xdat = data.frame(x = x),
    ydat = y,
    zdat = data.frame(z = z),
    bwmethod = "cv.ls",
    bwtype = "fixed",
    nmulti = 1L,
    optim.maxit = 10L,
    scale.factor.search.lower = 0.2
  )
  expect_equal(sc$scale.factor.search.lower, 0.2, tolerance = 0)
})

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