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One LOESS to Rule Them All
One LOESS to Rule Them All

The fastest, most robust, and most feature-complete language-agnostic LOESS (Locally Estimated Scatterplot Smoothing) implementation for Rust, Python, R, Julia, JavaScript, C++, Go, Java, and WebAssembly.

The loess-project also offers bindings for Rust, Python, R, Julia, Node.js, WebAssembly, C++, Go, and Java — see the full repository.

Installation & Documentation

Currently available for R, Python, Rust, Julia, Node.js, WebAssembly, and C++. See the Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions.

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LOESS vs. LOWESS

Feature LOESS (This Crate) LOWESS
Polynomial Degree Linear, Quadratic, Cubic, Quartic Linear (Degree 1)
Dimensions Multivariate (n-D support) Univariate (1-D only)
Flexibility High (Distance metrics) Standard
Complexity Higher (Matrix inversion) Lower (Weighted average/slope)

Read more about how LOESS works in the Concepts.

Note: For a LOWESS implementation, use lowess-project.

Why this package?

Speed

The loess project beats the competition in terms of speed, whether in single-threaded or multi-threaded parallel execution. It is typically 5–20x faster than R's loess in serial mode, and up to 200x faster on large datasets with parallel execution.

For more details on the performance comparison, see the Benchmarks page.

Robustness

This implementation is more robust than R's loess due to two key design choices:

MAD-Based Scale Estimation:

For robustness weight calculations, this crate uses Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) for scale estimation:

s = median(|r_i - median(r)|)

In contrast, R's loess uses the median of absolute residuals (MAR):

s = median(|r_i|)
  • MAD is a breakdown-point-optimal estimator—it remains valid even when up to 50% of data are outliers.
  • The median-centering step removes asymmetric bias from residual distributions.
  • MAD provides consistent outlier detection regardless of whether residuals are centered around zero.

Boundary Padding:

This crate applies a range of different boundary policies at dataset edges:

  • Extend: Repeats edge values to maintain local neighborhood size.
  • Reflect: Mirrors data symmetrically around boundaries.
  • Zero: Pads with zeros (useful for signal processing).
  • NoBoundary: Original Cleveland behavior

R's loess does not apply boundary padding, which can lead to:

  • Biased estimates near boundaries due to asymmetric local neighborhoods.
  • Increased variance at the edges of the smoothed curve.

Features

A variety of features, supporting a range of use cases:

Feature This package R (stats)
Polynomial Degree 5 (0–4) 2 (1 or 2)
Kernel 7 options only Tricube
Robustness Weighting 3 options only Bisquare
Scale Estimation 3 options only MAR
Distance Metric 6 options normalized only
Boundary Padding 4 options no padding
Zero Weight Fallback 3 options no
Auto Convergence yes no
Online Mode yes no
Streaming Mode yes no
Confidence Intervals yes no
Prediction Intervals yes no
Diagnostics (RMSE, R2, AIC) yes no
Cross-Validation 2 options no
Parallel Execution yes no
no-std Support yes no

Validation

All implementations are numerical twins of R's loess:

Aspect Status Details
Accuracy ✅ EXACT MATCH Max diff < 1e-12 across all scenarios
Consistency ✅ PERFECT Multiple scenarios pass with strict tolerance
Robustness ✅ VERIFIED Robust smoothing matches R exactly

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

License

Licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.

Citation

If you use this software in your research, please cite it using the CITATION.cff file or the BibTeX entry below:

@software{loess_project,
  author = {Valizadeh, Amir},
  title = {LOESS Project: High-Performance Locally Estimated Scatterplot Smoothing},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/thisisamirv/loess-project},
  license = {MIT OR Apache-2.0}
}

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Author: Amir Valizadeh

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