nlme (version 3.1-86)

pdMatrix.reStruct: Extract Matrix or Square-Root Factor from Components of an reStruct Object

Description

This method function extracts the positive-definite matrices corresponding to the pdMat elements of object, or square-root factors of the positive-definite matrices.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'reStruct':
pdMatrix(object, factor)

Arguments

Value

a list with components given by the positive-definite matrices corresponding to the elements of object, or square-root factors of the positive-definite matrices.

References

Pinheiro, J.C., and Bates, D.M. (2000) "Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-PLUS", Springer, esp. p. 162.

See Also

as.matrix.reStruct, reStruct, pdMat, pdMatrix, pdMatrix.pdMat

Examples

Run this code
rs1 <- reStruct(pdSymm(diag(3), ~age+Sex, data = Orthodont))
pdMatrix(rs1)

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