Re: [R] Convergence problem in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-05 Thread Ariyo Kanno
y, Ariyo 2007/10/5, Simon Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Actually the answers to you questions may well be linked > > On Thursday 04 October 2007 22:11, Ariyo Kanno wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I'm trying to fit a pure additive model of the following formula

[R] Convergence problem in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-04 Thread Ariyo Kanno
Dear all, I'm trying to fit a pure additive model of the following formula : fit <- gam(y~x1+te(x2, x3, bs="cr")) ,with the smoothing parameter estimation method "magic"(default). Regarding this, I have two questions : Question 1 : In some cases the value of "mgcv.conv$fully.converged" becomes "

Re: [R] How to avoid overfitting in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-03 Thread Ariyo Kanno
Thank you for your advices. I will try even increased "gamma" values, and all-out cross-validations. 2007/10/3, Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ariyo Kanno wrote: > > Sorry, let me fix 1 sentence. > > > > "Here I try to mean by "overfitti

Re: [R] How to avoid overfitting in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-03 Thread Ariyo Kanno
mean square error of prediction of the validation data, which > was randomly selected and not used for regression. > > Best Wishes, > Ariyo > > 2007/10/3, Simon Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wednesday 03 October 2007 10:49, Ariyo Kanno wrote: > > > I apprec

Re: [R] How to avoid overfitting in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-03 Thread Ariyo Kanno
e mean square error of prediction of the validation data, which was randomly selected and not used for regression. Best Wishes, Ariyo 2007/10/3, Simon Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wednesday 03 October 2007 10:49, Ariyo Kanno wrote: > > I appreciate your quick reply. > > I am using the

Re: [R] How to avoid overfitting in gam(mgcv)

2007-10-03 Thread Ariyo Kanno
at very low values > > (3 to 5). However, I don't think this is reasonable because knots > > selection will then be an > > important issue. > > > > Is there any other means to avoid overfitting when alalyzing small > &