[R] how to add points/lines to a surface plot

[Uwe Ligges]

See ?persp, particularly the example that starts with
  # (2) Add to existing persp plot - using trans3d() :

Uwe Ligges


Domenico Vistocco wrote:
> Dear All,
> is there a way to superimpose points and/or lines on a surface plot?
> 
> Below I try to explain my problem.
> Suppose I have the following surface plot (likelikood for the normal 
> variable when both parameters are unknown):
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> normalLike <- function(mu, sigma, sample){
>    (sigma ^ - length(sample)) * exp(-0.5 * (sigma ^ -2) * sum((sample - 
> mu)^2))
> }
> normalLikeVec <- Vectorize(normalLike,  vectorize.args = c("mu","sigma"))
> 
> teta1 <- seq(0, 6, by=0.1)
> teta2 <- seq(0.1, 8, by=0.1)
> matrixMuSigma <- outer(teta1, teta2, normalLikeVec, sample=c(0.88, 1.07, 
> 1.27,1.54, 1.91, 2.27, 3.84, 4.50, 4.64, 9.41))
> matrixMuSigma <- matrixMuSigma / max(matrixMuSigma)
> 
> persp(teta1, teta2, matrixMuSigma)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 
> Then I would like to superimpose on the same plot points (or a line) 
> corresponding to the following data:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> #x coordinates
> teta1
> #y coordinates
> sigmaMax <- teta2[apply(matrixMuSigma, 1, which.max)]
> #z coordinates
> apply(matrixMuSigma, 1, max)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> domenico
> 
> PS:
> I am trying to explain the geometrical interpretation of profile 
> likelihood. Any better idea?
> 
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