ps: Specify a smoothing spline fit in a PSgam formula
Description
A symbolic wrapper to indicate a smooth term in a formula
argument to PSgam
Usage
ps(..., k=50,degree=3,pord=1)
Arguments
...
the predictors.
k
an integer giving the number of intervals for B-splines.
degree
an integer giving the degree of the B-splines.
pord
an integer giving the order of difference penalty.
Value
ps returns the vectors of predictors, endowed with a number of
attributes. The vector itself is used in the construction of the model
matrix.
Note that ps does not do the smoothing; it simply sets things up
for PSgam.
References
Eilers, P.H.C. and Marx, B.D. (1996) Flexible Smoothing with B-splines and
penalties. Statistical Science, 11(2): 89-121.
# fit Start using a smoothing spline with 4 df. y ~ Age + ps(Start, degree=4)
# fit log(Start) using a smoothing spline with 5 df. y ~ Age + ps(log(Start), degree=5)