GAMLSS: A distributional regression approach

• Published in: Statistical modelling Vol. 18; no. 3-4; pp. 248 - 273
• Main Authors: Stasinopoulos, Mikis D, Rigby, Robert A, Bastiani, Fernanda De
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.06.2018
• Subjects: beta negative binomial; Centile estimation; skewness; head circumference; kurtosis; Box–Cox t; physician visits

A tutorial of the generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) is given here using two examples. GAMLSS is a general framework for performing regression analysis where not only the location (e.g., the mean) of the distribution but also the scale and shape of the distribution ca...