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P-splines: a standalone construct

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a smoother that fits many B-spline basis functions and adds a difference penalty on adjacent coefficients to control wiggliness.

In statistics, P-splines refers to a smoother that fits many B-spline basis functions and adds a difference penalty on adjacent coefficients to control wiggliness. This meaning comes from Eilers (1996) in Statistical Science.[1]

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References

Eilers, P. H. C., & Marx, B. D. (1996). Flexible smoothing with B-splines and penalties. Statistical Science, 11(2), 89-121. https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1038425655

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