Register a New Basis Type

Register a New Basis Type

Usage

register_basis(spec)

Arguments

spec

A list with the following named elements:

name

Canonical name string (e.g. "msplines").

aliases

Character vector of accepted short names.

knots_fn

Function (control, events) returning a named list with at least m, Alpha, Delta.

matrix_fn

Function (x, knots, order, which) returning an \(n \times m\) matrix (density or cumulative basis).

penalty_fn

Function (control, knots) returning an \(m \times m\) roughness penalty matrix.

label

Display string used in plots and summaries.

default_n_knots

Length-2 numeric vector (default for n.knots).

penalty_order_fn

Function (p, order) returning the penalty order as an integer.

Value

The registered entry (invisibly).