Can you help me interpret the output I get with "polymars"? I'd like to find a regression model to predict 2 dependent variables (then called Y1 and Y2) with 2 independent variables (then called X1 and X2). Here is the output: polymars(responses = data[, 13:14], predictors = data[, 2:3]) Model fitting 0/1 size RSS 1 RSS 2 GCV 1 1 1 0.2486744 0.6520499 0.01756785 2 1 2 0.2316042 0.3820036 0.01391882 3 1 3 0.2312835 0.3819480 0.01637875 4 1 4 0.2299605 0.3766946 0.01935784 5 1 5 0.2243804 0.3766148 0.02331277 6 1 6 0.2243499 0.3764709 0.02893749 7 0 5 0.2243804 0.3766148 0.02331277 8 0 4 0.2299605 0.3766946 0.01935784 9 0 3 0.2312835 0.3819480 0.01637875 10 0 2 0.2316042 0.3820036 0.01391882 11 0 1 0.2486744 0.6520499 0.01756785 Model produced pred1 knot1 pred2 knot2 Coefs 1 Coefs 2 SE 1 SE 2 1 0 NA 0 NA 0.40139070 0.14049628 0.02195431 0.02819553 2 2 NA 0 NA -0.02146696 -0.08538267 0.01047337 0.01345076 RESPONSES : 2 Rsquared : 0.069 0.414 If I have well understood, polymars tries to build several models for each dependent variable (with one function if it is homogeneous or more ones if it is not homogeneous) and selects the best one. I suppose the model is the best one when the GCV is smallest. So here I thought I should have had a model with 2 functions for each dependent variable (size 2). Why do I get only one result (1 function for each dependent variable)? How can I get a model with different functions over different ranges of the independent variables? Do you think it would be a better model? Are these the good equations? Y1 = 0,40139 - 0,02147 X2 Y2 = 0,1405 - 0,08538 X2 Does polymars take the interaction between Y1 and Y2 into account ? Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .