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Fitting Generalized Additive Models With the GAM Procedure in SAS 9.2

Category: Data Management, Software and Web Development

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Overview Generalized additive models are useful in finding predictor-response relationships in many kinds of data without using a specific model. They combine the ability to explore many nonparametric relationships simultaneously with the distributional flexibility of generalized linear models. The approach often brings to light nonlinear dependency structures in one's data. This paper discusses an example of fitting generalized additive models with the GAM procedure, which provides multiple types of smoothers with automatic selection of smoothing parameters. This paper uses the ODS Statistical Graphics to produce plots of integrated additive and smoothing components.

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Publisher: SAS Institute
File Format: PDF
Date Published: May 31, 2008
Format: White Papers
Topics: Data Mining - Analysis, Software Engineering

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