# R: Generalized additive model set up

gam.setup {mgcv} | R Documentation

## Generalized additive model set up

### Description

This is an internal function of package `mgcv`. It is called by `gam` to obtain the design matrix and penalty matrices for a GAM set up using penalized regression splines. This is done by calling a mixture of R routines and compiled C code. For further information on usuage see code for `gam`.

### Author(s)

Simon N. Wood simon.wood@r-project.org

### References

Wood S.N. (2006) Generalized Additive Models: An Introduction with R. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press.

### See Also

`gam`, `gamm`, `magic`, `mgcv`

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