Nonlinear Modeling with Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) in R
Noam Ross
Senior Research Scientist, EcoHealth Alliance
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linear_mod <- lm(y ~ x, data = my_data)
library(mgcv)
gam_mod <- gam(y ~ s(x), data = my_data)
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gam_mod <- gam(y ~ s(x), data = my_data)
coef(gam_mod)
(Intercept) s(x2).1 s(x2).2
7.814448 5.272290 5.104941
s(x2).3 s(x2).4 s(x2).5
1.271135 1.720561 -1.180613
s(x2).6
-2.676133
Nonlinear Modeling with Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) in R