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<strong>Fitting</strong> <strong>Curves</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Surfaces</strong> <strong>Using</strong> <strong>SAS</strong> <strong>S<strong>of</strong>tware</strong><br />
Version 1.1 (February 2007)<br />
Contents<br />
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3<br />
1.1 Documentation ........................................................................................................................... 3<br />
1.2 Getting Started ........................................................................................................................... 4<br />
2. <strong>Using</strong> Interpolating Splines in <strong>SAS</strong>/GRAPH ........................................................................................... 4<br />
3. <strong>SAS</strong>/STAT Modelling Procedures .......................................................................................................... 5<br />
3.1 Parametric Modelling using REG <strong>and</strong> NLIN ............................................................................... 6<br />
3.2 Non-Parametric Modelling using Loess Smoothing .................................................................. 10<br />
3.3 Semi-Parametric Modelling using Thin-Plate Splines ............................................................... 13<br />
3.4 Generalised Additive Models ................................................................................................... 17<br />
References ..................................................................................................................................................... 19<br />
Annex ............................................................................................................................................................. 20<br />
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