sample of publications

• articles 

  • A mathematical optimization approach to shape-constrained generalized additive models.  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS.  255:124654-1-124654-16. 2024
  • Derivative curve estimation in longitudinal studies using P-splines.  STATISTICAL MODELLING.  23. 2023
  • Multidimensional adaptive P-splines with application to neurons' activity studies.  BIOMETRICS.  79:1972-1985. 2023
  • On constrained smoothing and out-of-range prediction using P-splines: A conic optimization approach.  APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION.  2023
  • An introduction to pspatreg: a new R package for semiparametric spatial autoregressive analysis.  Region.  9. 2022
  • Analysis of prior aspirin treatment on in-hospital outcome of geriatric COVID-19 infected patients.  Medicina-Lithuania.  58:1-9. 2022
  • Iain David Currie (1946-2022) [OBITUARY].  JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY.  185:2287-2288. 2022
  • Modeling latent spatio-temporal disease incidence using penalized composite link models.  PLoS One.  17:e0263711. 2022
  • Out-of-sample prediction in multidimensional P-spline models.  Mathematics.  9:1761-1784. 2021
  • The impact of immigration on the internal mobility of natives and foreign-born residents: evidence from Italy.  Spatial Economic Analysis.  16:9-26. 2021
  • An alternative semiparametric model for spatial panel data.  Statistical Methods and Applications.  669-708. 2020
  • A general framework for prediction in penalized regression.  STATISTICAL MODELLING.  1-20. 2020
  • Early, Non-Invasive Sensing of Sustained Hyperglycemia in Mice Using Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy.  SENSORS.  19:1-12. 2019
  • A class of bivariate regression models for discrete and/or continuous responses.  Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation.  48:2359-2383. 2019
  • On the estimation of variance parameters in non-standard generalised linear mixed models: application to penalised smoothing.  STATISTICS AND COMPUTING.  29:483-500. 2019
  • Short-term association between outdoor air pollution and osteoporotic hip fracture..  OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL.  2018
  • Derivative estimation for longitudinal data analysis: examining features of blood pressure measured repeatedly during pregnancy.  STATISTICS IN MEDICINE.  37:2836-2854. 2018
  • Weather conditions and their effect on seasonality of incident osteoporotic hip fracture.  Archives of Osteoporosis.  13. 2018
  • Smooth additive mixed models for predicting aboveground biomass.  JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS.  22:23-41. 2017
  • On the estimation of functional random effects.  STATISTICAL MODELLING.  17:50-58. 2017
  • Prediction of functional data with spatial dependence: a penalized approach.  STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT.  31:7-22. 2017
  • Penalized composite link models for aggregated spatial count data: A mixed model approach.  Spatial Statistics.  17:179-198. 2016
  • Twenty years of P-splines.  SORT-Statistics and Operations Research Transactions.  39:149-189. 2015
  • Fast smoothing parameter separation in multidimensional generalized P-splines: the SAP algorithm.  STATISTICS AND COMPUTING.  25:941-957. 2015
  • Modeling regional economic dynamics: spatial dependence, spatial heterogeneity and nonlinearities.  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL.  48:229-245. 2014
  • Comments on: Short-term forecasting the daily load curve for residential electricity usage in the smart grid [book review].  APPLIED STOCHASTIC MODELS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.  29:621-623. 2013
  • Efficient two-dimensional smoothing with P-spline ANOVA mixed models and nested bases.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  61:22-37. 2013
  • Effect of a Smoking Ban and School-Based Prevention and Control Policies on Adolescent Smoking in Spain: A Multilevel Analysis.  PREVENTION SCIENCE.  13:574-583. 2012
  • Confirmatory factor analysis of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in Spanish adolescents.  QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH.  21:1291-1298. 2012
  • Discussion of "Analysing visual receptive fields through generalised additive models with interactions" by María Xose Rodríguez-Alvarez, Carmen Cadarso-Suarez and Francisco Gonzalez.  SORT-Statistics and Operations Research Transactions.  36:33-34. 2012
  • Individual and contextual factors associated to smoking on school premises.  NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH.  14:495-500. 2012
  • SAR models with nonparametric spatial trends : A P-spline approach.  Estadística española.  54:89-111. 2012
  • P-spline ANOVA-type interaction models for spatio-temporal smoothing.  STATISTICAL MODELLING.  11:49-69. 2011
  • Intimate Partner Violence: Last Year Prevalence and Association with Socio-Economic Factors among Women in Madrid, Spain.  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  20:169-175. 2010
  • Spline Smoothing in Small Area Trend Estimation and Forecasting.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  53:3616-3629. 2009
  • Smooth-car Mixed Models for Spatial Count Data.  COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS.  53:2968-2979. 2009

• book chapters 

  • Biological Age Imputation by Data Depth. In: Building Bridges between Soft and Statistical Methodologies for Data Science.  SPRINGER. 2023
  • From spatiotemporal smoothing to functional spatial regression: a penalized approach. In: Geostatistical Functional Data Analysis.  Ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 403-423. 2022
  • The risk of longevity and it practical application to solvency II: European harmonization for management purposes. In: Julio Castelo Matrán, International Insurance Prize, VII.  Fundacion MAPFRE. 1-139. 2015

• books 

  • Book of Abstracts XVIII Congreso de Biometría CEBMADRID.  MADRID. 2022
  • Mathematical and statistical methods for actuarial sciences and finance.  SPRINGER. 2018
  • The Risk of Longevity and its Practical Application to Solvency II: European Harmonization for Management Purposes 2015
  • El riesgo de longevidad y su aplicación práctica a solvencia II: modelos actuariales avanzados para su gestión.  MADRID: Fundacion MAPFRE. 2014
  • Splines con penalizaciones (P-splines): teoría y aplicaciones.  PAMPLONA/IRUÑA: UNIVERSIDAD PUBLICA DE NAVARRA. 2008

• conference contributions 

  • An effective framework for multivariate shape-constrained regression using P-splines.  22-22. 2023
  • A new general and multivariable approach to categorize predictor variables. Optimal categorization of physical activity in COPD patients.  37. 2022
  • Biological age imputation by data depth.  89. 2022
  • Constrained smoothing and out-of-range prediction using P¿splines: an application to COVID-19 evolution.  12-16. 2022
  • Modeling COPD hospitalizations using variable domain functional regression.  119-123. 2022
  • A general framework for pediction in multidimensional smoothing.  62. 2018
  • Derivative estimation for longitudinal data analysis: examining features of blood preassure measured repeatedly during pregnancy 2018
  • Combining information at different scales in spatial epidemiology: a Composite Link Generalized Additive Model approach.  239-242. 2017
  • Modelling latent trends in dynamic disease maps: a composite mixed model approach 2017
  • Disaggregation of spatial and spatio-temporal counts in epidemiology: a penalized composite link model approach 2016
  • Fast estimation of adaptive P-spline models 2016
  • Smooth composite link modles for spatio-temporal dissagregation of epidemiological data 2016
  • Spatio-temporal adaptive penalized splines with application to Neuroscience 2016
  • The memory of extrapolating P-splines 2016
  • The memory of extrapolating P-splines 2016
  • Forecasting with generalized additive models 2015
  • Regresión penalizada para datos funcionales con dependencia espacial 2015
  • Spatial disaggregation of mortality data using penalized composite link mixed models 2015
  • Splines con penalizaciones: una herramienta flexible en bioestadística 2015
  • P-spline smoothing for functional data with spatial dependence 2014
  • Penalized splines: a flexible tool in Biostatistics 2014
  • Smoothing and forecasting mortality rate. 2014
  • Multidimensional P-spline interacton mixed models for predicting aboveground in poplar short-rotation coppiece 2013
  • P-spline mixed models: a Flexible approach for spatio-temporal data 2013
  • Spatio-temporal seasonal data modelling and forecasting with penalized smooth ANOVA models 2013
  • Seasonal Modulation Smoothing Mixed Models for Times Series Forecasting 2012
  • Smoothing and Forecasting Seasonal Time Series with P-Spline Mixed Models 2012
  • Biostatnet: una nueva red interdisciplinar de Bioestadística 2011
  • Self learning mini-videos through Internet and mobile telephones: a help to the student in the Bologna process 2009
  • P-spline ANOVA Type Interaction Models for Spatio-Temporal Smoothing 2008
  • Smooth CAR Mixed-Models for Spatial Count Data 2008

• working papers 

  • Modelling physical activity profiles in COPD patients: a new approach to variable-domain functional regression models 2023
  • A general framework for prediction in penalized regression 2017
  • Proposal for the recalibration of mortality and longevity shocks under Solvency II framework. Technical Note 2017
  • Modelling latent trends from spatio-temporally grouped data using composite link mixed models 2016
  • Penalized functional spatial regression 2015
  • Penalized composite link mixed models for two-dimensional count data 2015
  • Fast algorithm for smoothing parameter selection in multidimensional generalized P-splines 2013
  • Modelling long term trend and local spatial correlation : a mixed penalized spline and spatial econometrics approach 2013
  • Seasonal modulation mixed models for time series forecasting 2012
  • P-Spline Anova-Type Interaction Models for Spatio-Temporal Smoothing 2009
  • Smooth-Car Mixed Models for Spatial Count Data 2008
  • Goodness of Fit in Models for Mortality Data 2008