チープなトリック: Fac == 1 の場合は X であり、それ以外の場合は 0 である補助変数を使用します。
library("mgcv")
library("ggplot2")
# simulate data
N <- 1e3
dat <- data.frame(covariate = runif(N),
predictor = runif(N),
group = factor(sample(0:1, N, TRUE)))
dat$outcome <- rnorm(N,
1 * dat$covariate +
ifelse(dat$group == 1,
.5 * dat$predictor +
1.5 * sin(dat$predictor * pi),
0), .1)
# some plots
ggplot(dat, aes(x = predictor, y = outcome,
col = group, group = group)) +
geom_point()
ggplot(dat, aes(x = covariate, y = outcome,
col = group, group = group)) +
geom_point()
# create auxiliary variable
dat$aux <- ifelse(dat$group == 1,
dat$predictor,
0)
# fit the data
fit1 <- gam(outcome ~ covariate + s(predictor, by = group),
data = dat)
fit2 <- gam(outcome ~ covariate + s(aux, by = group),
data = dat)
# compare fits
summary(fit1)
summary(fit2)