[R] Generalized Additive Model

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Peppy & Siuly Adi-Purnomo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am wondering if someone can direct me to the syntax of the Generalised
> Additive Model in R?  In Splus this is gam(formula, ... inputs would be
> pretty much the same as glm I suspect..)
>
> Any response on that (or what package should I grap) would be appreciated
> very much.

There is no `Generalised Additive Model in R'.  There are various ways to
fit wuch models using add-on packages (see the FAQ) and the help pages
will tell you the syntax ....  The closest match is in package mgcv,
which has a gam() function not identical to that in S-PLUS.


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