[R] R & gams

[Wensui Liu]

I am so surprised to hear "gams is specialised in dealing with huge,
hevy-weight linear and non-linear modelling ". That is not what I know
of about GAM, which means generalized additive model.


On 10/27/06, vittorio <vdemart1 at tin.it> wrote:
> At office I have been introduced by another company  to new, complex energy
> forecasting models using gams as the basic software.
> I have been told by the company offering the models that gams is specialised
> in dealing with huge, hevy-weight linear and non-linear modelling (see an
> example in http://www.gams.com/modtype/index.htm) and they say it is almost
> the only option for doing it.
>
> I would like to know your opinion on the subject and, above all, if R can be
> an effective alternative and to what extent, if any.
>
> Thanks
> Vittorio
>
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WenSui Liu
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Senior Decision Support Analyst
Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center