ABSTRACT

Now in widespread use, generalized additive models (GAMs) have evolved into a standard statistical methodology of considerable flexibility. While Hastie and Tibshirani's outstanding 1990 research monograph on GAMs is largely responsible for this, there has been a long-standing need for an accessible introductory treatment of the subject that also e

chapter 1|58 pages

Linear Models

chapter 2|62 pages

Generalized Linear Models

chapter 3|24 pages

Introducing GAMs

chapter 4|76 pages

Some GAM Theory

chapter 5|56 pages

GAMs in Practice: mgcv

chapter 6|54 pages

Mixed Models and GAMMs