在迴歸分析中，若變數間具有非線性 (nonlinear) 的關係時，B-Spline線性迴歸是以無母數的方式建立模型。B-Spline函數為具有節點(knots)的分段多項式，選取合適節點的位置對B-Spline函數的估計有重要的影響，在希望得到B-Spline較好的估計量的同時，我們也想要只用少數的節點就達成想要的成效，於是Huang (2013) 提出了一種選擇節點的方式APLS (Adaptive penalized least squares)，在本文中，我們以此方法進行一些更一般化的設定，並在不同的設定之下，判斷是否有較好的估計效果，且已修正後的方法與基於BIC (Bayesian information criterion)的節點估計方式進行比較，在本文中我們將一般化設定的APLS法稱為GAPLS，並且經由模擬結果我們發現此兩種以B-Spline進行迴歸函數近似的方法其近似效果都很不錯，只是節點的個數略有不同，所以若是對節點選取的個數有嚴格要求要取較少的節點的話，我們建議使用基於BIC的節點估計方式，除此之外GAPLS法也是不錯的選擇。

In regression analysis, if the relationship between the response variable and the explanatory variables is nonlinear, B-splines can be used to model the nonlinear relationship. Knot selection is crucial in B-spline regression. Huang (2013) propose a method for adaptive estimation, where knots are selected based on penalized least squares. This method is abbreviated as APLS (adaptive penalized least squares) in this thesis. In this thesis, a more general version of APLS is proposed, which is abbreviated as GAPLS (generalized APLS). Simulation studies are carried out to compare the estimation performance between GAPLS and a knot selection method based on BIC (Bayesian information criterion). The simulation results show that both methods perform well and fewer knots are selected using the BIC approach than using GAPLS.

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