The Estimation Function Approach Smoothing Spline Regression Analysis for Longitudinal Data

Abstract

It is given the paired data following a nonparametric regression model for longitudinal data. The regression curve is approached by the smoothing spline function. The smoothing spline is a function that is able to map the data well and has a small error variance. This current study aims to obtained from completing PWLS (Penalized Weighted Least Square) optimaziton. Besides, the GCV method is used to select the smoothing parameter.