a number for setting the seeds for starting values
plot
whether to plot the sequence of global deviance up to convergence
sample
how large the sample to be in the starting values
...
for extra arguments
Value
Returns a list
Author(s)
Mikis Stasinopoulos and Bob Rigby
References
Rigby, R. A. and Stasinopoulos D. M. (2005). Generalized additive models for location, scale and shape,
(with discussion), Appl. Statist., 54, part 3, pp 507-554.
Stasinopoulos D. M., Rigby R.A. and Akantziliotou C. (2003) Instructions on how to use the GAMLSS package in R.
Accompanying documentation in the current GAMLSS help files, (see also http://www.gamlss.org/).