Re: [R] GAM function in mgcv package

2010-10-27 Thread Gavin Simpson
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:54 +1000, Lorenzo Cattarino wrote: > Hi R-users > I am trying to use the GAM function of the mgcv package. But I am having > problem trying to specify the k parameter. Is there a specific reason to supply k? > Although I managed to run some models by giving to the parame

[R] GAM function in mgcv package

2010-10-26 Thread Lorenzo Cattarino
Hi R-users I am trying to use the GAM function of the mgcv package. But I am having problem trying to specify the k parameter. Although I managed to run some models by giving to the parameter some (random) value, and it is explained by Wood (2006) that it does not seem to "really" affect th