“…Some studies that demonstrate the advantages of MARS compared to other regression models incorporate [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] . Most MARS are developed for continuous [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] and categorical responses [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , however, MARS for count responses are still scarce and limited. MARS with count response is the result of combining MARS and Poisson regression, first discussed by Yasmirullah et al.…”