Greven, Sonja; Crainiceanu, Ciprian - In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 97 (2013) 4, pp. 387-402
Penalized spline regression using a mixed effects representation is one of the most popular nonparametric regression tools to estimate an unknown regression function <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$f(\cdot )$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>. In this context testing for polynomial regression against a general alternative is equivalent to testing for a...</equationsource></inlineequation>