2025/01/23 by Alex Stringer, Stringer, Alex · 1 citation
Mathematics · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Methodology (stat.ME) #Statistical Methods and Inference
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2501.13797
openalex publication_date 2025/01/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Laplace approximation is sometimes not sufficiently accurate for smoothing parameter estimation in generalized additive mixed models. A novel estimation strategy is proposed that solves this problem and leads to estimates exhibiting the correct statistical properties.