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 ...

The problem of testing smooth components of an extended generalized additive model for equality to zero is considered. Confidence intervals for such components exhibit good across-the-function ...