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On an alternative solution to the vector spline problem
Author(s) -
Yee Thomas W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series b (statistical methodology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.523
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1467-9868
pISSN - 1369-7412
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9868.00117
Subject(s) - spline (mechanical) , multivariate statistics , mathematics , smoothing spline , hermite spline , thin plate spline , mathematical optimization , spline interpolation , statistics , engineering , structural engineering , bilinear interpolation
Yee and Wild have presented additive extensions to multivariate regression models including generalized estimating equations. The back‐bone of their methods was a vector spline, which was solved by direct solution. A back‐fitting solution to the vector spline problem is presented here, with the implication that existing generalized additive model software can, with moderate effort, be modified to implement multivariate models.