Polynomial Regression Piecewise Polynomials Comparison to Polynomial Regression Local Regression Lab: Non-linear Modeling Step Functions Constraints and Splines Smoothing Splines Generalized Additive Models Polynomial Regression and Step Functions Basis Functions The Spline Basis Representation An Overview of Smoothing Splines GAMs for Regression Problems Splines Regression Splines Choosing the Number and Locations of the Knots Choosing the Smoothing Parameter λ GAMs for Classification Problems GAMs