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VGAM

Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models

v1.1-14 · Dec 3, 2025 · GPL-3

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An implementation of about 6 major classes of statistical regression models. The central algorithm is Fisher scoring and iterative reweighted least squares. At the heart of this package are the vector generalized linear and additive model (VGLM/VGAM) classes. VGLMs can be loosely thought of as multivariate GLMs. VGAMs are data-driven VGLMs that use smoothing. The book "Vector Generalized Linear and Additive Models: With an Implementation in R" (Yee, 2015) <DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-2818-7> gives details of the statistical framework and the package. Currently only fixed-effects models are implemented. Many (100+) models and distributions are estimated by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) or penalized MLE. The other classes are RR-VGLMs (reduced-rank VGLMs), quadratic RR-VGLMs, doubly constrained RR-VGLMs, quadratic RR-VGLMs, reduced-rank VGAMs, RCIMs (row-column interaction models)---these classes perform constrained and unconstrained quadratic ordination (CQO/UQO) models in ecology, as well as constrained additive ordination (CAO). Hauck-Donner effect detection is implemented. Note that these functions are subject to change; see the NEWS and ChangeLog files for latest changes.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies stats4 BayesGOF DIFtree EffectStars TBFmultinomial TSVC VGAMdata VGAMextra ordDisp regclass rxSeq svyVGAM AICcmodavg AutoTransQF BTIME Bayenet +143 more reverse deps VGAM

Version History

new 1.1-14 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.1-14 ← 1.1-13 diff Dec 3, 2025
updated 1.1-13 ← 1.1-12 diff Feb 11, 2025
updated 1.1-12 ← 1.1-11 diff Sep 17, 2024
updated 1.1-11 ← 1.1-10 diff May 14, 2024
updated 1.1-10 ← 1.1-9 diff Feb 28, 2024
updated 1.1-9 ← 1.1-8 diff Sep 18, 2023
updated 1.1-8 ← 1.1-7 diff Mar 8, 2023
updated 1.1-7 ← 1.1-6 diff Jul 5, 2022
updated 1.1-6 ← 1.1-5 diff Feb 13, 2022
updated 1.1-5 ← 1.1-4 diff Jan 13, 2021
updated 1.1-4 ← 1.1-3 diff Oct 22, 2020
updated 1.1-3 ← 1.1-2 diff Apr 27, 2020
updated 1.1-2 ← 1.1-1 diff Nov 20, 2019
updated 1.1-1 ← 1.0-6 diff Feb 17, 2019
updated 1.0-6 ← 1.0-5 diff Aug 18, 2018
updated 1.0-5 ← 1.0-4 diff Feb 6, 2018
updated 1.0-4 ← 1.0-3 diff Jul 24, 2017
updated 1.0-3 ← 1.0-2 diff Jan 10, 2017
updated 1.0-2 ← 1.0-1 diff May 26, 2016