[R] gam, what is the function(s)

[Simon Wood]

See help("mgcv-FAQ"), item 2.

best,
Simon

On 09/12/11 15:05, Ben quant wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to understand 'what' is predicting the response for library(mgcv)
> gam?
>
> For example:
>
> library(mgcv)
> fit<- gam(y~s(x),data=as.data.frame(l_yx),family=binomial)
> xx<- seq(min(l_yx[,2]),max(l_yx[,2]),len=101)
> plot(xx,predict(fit,data.frame(x=xx),type="response"),type="l")
>
> I want to see the generalized function(s) used to predict the response that
> is plotted above. In other words, f(x) = {[what?]}. I'm new to gam and
> relatively new to R. I did read ?gam, but I didn't see what I wanted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
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