The first edition of this book has established itself as one of the leading references on generalized additive models (GAMs), and the only book on the topic to be introductory in nature with a wealth ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Generalized additive models are a popular class of multivariate non-parametric regression models, due in large part to the ease of use of the ...

We express the mean and variance terms in a double-exponential regression model as additive functions of the predictors and use Bayesian variable selection to determine which predictors enter the ...