Smoothing with Mixed Model Software

Smoothing methods that use basis functions with penalization can be formulated as fits in a mixed model framework. One of the major benefits is that software for mixed model analysis can be used for smoothing. We illustrate this for several smoothing models such as additive and varying coefficient m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Long Ngo, Matthew P. Wand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2004-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/view/2320