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pgam (version 0.4.1)

link: Utility function

Description

Apply the link function or its inverse to the argument.

Usage

link(x, link = "log", inv = FALSE)

Arguments

x
vector containing the predictor
link
string with the name of the link function
inv
if TRUE its inverse is applied

Value

  • Evaluated link function at x values.

Details

This function is intended to port other link functions than $\log{\left(\right)}$ to Poisson-Gamma Additive Models. For now, the only allowed value is "log".

References

Harvey, A. C., Fernandes, C. (1989) Time series models for count data or qualitative observations. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 7(4):407--417

McCullagh, P., Nelder, J. A. (1989). Generalized Linear Models. Chapman and Hall, 2nd edition, London

See Also

pgam, pgam.parser