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mgcv (version 1.3-6)

GAMs with GCV smoothness estimation and GAMMs by REML/PQL

Description

Routines for GAMs and other generalized ridge regression with multiple smoothing parameter selection by GCV or UBRE. Also GAMMs by REML or PQL. Includes a gam() function.

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install.packages('mgcv')

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1.3-6

License

GPL version 2 or later

Maintainer

Simon Wood

Last Published

April 4th, 2025

Functions in mgcv (1.3-6)

fixDependence

Detect linear dependencies of one matrix on another
gam.side

Identifiability side conditions for a GAM.
exclude.too.far

Exclude prediction grid points too far from data
gam.check

Some diagnostics for a fitted gam model.
formXtViX

Form component of GAMM covariance matrix
mgcv

Multiple Smoothing Parameter Estimation by GCV or UBRE
Predict.matrix

Prediction methods for smooth terms in a GAM
full.score

GCV/UBRE score for use within nlm
gamObject

Fitted gam object
gam.convergence

GAM convergence and performance issues.
gam.fit

GAM P-IRLS estimation with GCV/UBRE smoothness estimation.
extract.lme.cov

Extract the data covariance matrix from an lme object
fix.family.link

Modify families for use in GAM fitting
influence.gam

Extract the diagonal of the Influence/Hat matrix for a GAM.
gam.method

Setting GAM fitting method
gam.fit2

P-IRLS GAM estimation with GCV & UBRE derivative calculation
gam.control

Setting GAM fitting defaults
gam.setup

Generalized Additive Model set up.
logLik.gam

Extract the log likelihood for a fitted GAM
gam.models

Specifying Generalized Additive Models.
gamm

Generalized Additive Mixed Models
interpret.gam

Interpret a GAM formula
gam2objective

Objective functions for GAM smoothing parameter estimation.
gam.selection

Generalized Additive Model Selection
gamm.setup

Generalized Additive Mixed Model set up.
formula.gam

Extract the formula from a gam object.
initial.sp

Starting values for multiple smoothing parameter estimation.
anova.gam

Hypothesis tests related to GAM fits
gam

Generalized additive models with integrated smoothness estimation
smooth.construct

Constructor functions for smooth terms in a GAM
magic.post.proc

Auxilliary information from magic fit
smoothCon

Prediction/Construction wrapper functions for GAM smooth terms
mgcv.control

Setting mgcv defaults
gam.neg.bin

GAMs with the negative binomial distribution
place.knots

Automatically place a set of knots evenly through covariate values
tensor.prod.model.matrix

Utility functions for constructing tensor product smooths
new.name

Obtain a name for a new variable that is not already in use
mono.con

Monotonicity constraints for a cubic regression spline.
step.gam

Alternatives to step.gam
gam.outer

Minimize GCV or UBRE score of a GAM using `outer' iteration
pdTens

Functions implementing a pdMat class for tensor product smooths
notExp2

Alternative to log parameterization for variance components
vis.gam

Visualization of GAM objects
summary.gam

Summary for a GAM fit
residuals.gam

Generalized Additive Model residuals
mroot

Smallest square root of matrix
pcls

Penalized Constrained Least Squares Fitting
notExp

Functions for better-than-log positive parameterization
null.space.dimension

The basis of the space of un-penalized functions for a t.p.r.s.
predict.gam

Prediction from fitted GAM model
vcov.gam

Extract parameter (estimator) covariance matrix from GAM fit
print.gam

Generalized Additive Model default print statement
get.var

Get named variable or evaluate expression from list or data.frame
magic

Stable Multiple Smoothing Parameter Estimation by GCV or UBRE, with optional fixed penalty
pdIdnot

Overflow proof pdMat class for multiples of the identity matrix
te

Define tensor product smooths in GAM formulae
s

Defining smooths in GAM formulae
plot.gam

Default GAM plotting
uniquecombs

find the unique rows in a matrix