[R] GAM vs. MGCV packages

[Prof Brian Ripley]

The short answer is

'use mgcv unless you want compatibility with S or to use lo() terms'.

You can read about the main differences by

library(mgcv)
?gam

Note that both packages are lower-case, and case does matter.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Firas Ahmed wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am a new R- user and I am going through the R-manuals, but I could not
> find an answer for my question.
>
> I am confused about when to use the GAM package and when to use the MGCV
> package??
>
> My Model is a GAM model of continuous outcome and many non-linear continuous
> predictors (using the "s" function) as well as categorical predictors.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and time.
>
>
>
> Firas
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