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New knot selection method for smooth additive models introduced

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Researchers have developed a new method for selecting knots in smooth additive models, a technique crucial for nonparametric modeling using B-spline regression. This novel approach extends the adaptive splines (A-splines) methodology and incorporates a customized Fellner-Schall scheme for parameter tuning. The new method aims to provide models with a significantly smaller number of basis elements while achieving performance comparable to existing knot-selection techniques and P-splines. AI

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New knot selection method for smooth additive models introduced

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Nicol\'as Carrizosa, Vanesa Guerrero, Mar\'ia Durb\'an ·

    Automatic knot selection in smooth additive models

    arXiv:2607.21083v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: B-spline regression constitutes a widely used framework for nonparametric modeling. The performance of this methodology depends on specifying the number and placement of changepoints, known as knots, prior to the estimation process.…

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