Sparse Additive Modelling
Description
The package SAM targets at high dimensional predictive
modeling (regression and classification) for complex data
analysis. SAM is short for sparse additive modeling, and adopts
the computationally efficient basis spline technique. We solve
the optimization problems by various computational algorithms
including the block coordinate descent algorithm, fast
iterative soft-thresholding algorithm, and newton method. The
computation is further accelerated by warm-start and active-set
tricks.