nlme (version 3.1-53)

Initialize.reStruct: Initialize reStruct Object

Description

Initial estimates for the parameters in the pdMat objects forming object, which have not yet been initialized, are obtained using the methodology described in Bates and Pinheiro (1998). These estimates may be refined using a series of EM iterations, as described in Bates and Pinheiro (1998). The number of EM iterations to be used is defined in control.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'reStruct':
Initialize(object, data, conLin, control, \dots)

Value

an reStruct object similar to object, but with all pdMat components initialized.

References

Bates, D.M. and Pinheiro, J.C. (1998) "Computational methods for multilevel models" available in PostScript or PDF formats at http://franz.stat.wisc.edu/pub/NLME/

See Also

reStruct, pdMat