initialize.lmeStruct

an object inheriting from class <code>lmeStruct</code>,
   representing a list of linear mixed-effects model components, such as
   <code>reStruct</code>, <code>corStruct</code>, and <code>varFunc</code> objects.

object

a data frame in which to evaluate the variables defined in
   <code>formula(object)</code>.

data

a data frame with the grouping factors corresponding to
   the lme model associated with <code>object</code> as columns, sorted from
   innermost to outermost grouping level.

groups

an optional condensed linear model object, consisting of
   a list with components <code>"Xy"</code>, corresponding to a regression
   matrix (<code>X</code>) combined with a response vector (<code>y</code>), and 
   <code>"logLik"</code>, corresponding t

conLin

an optional list with control parameters for the
   initialization and optimization algorithms used in
   <code>lme</code>. Defaults to <code>list(niterEM=20, gradHess=TRUE)</code>,
   implying that 20 EM iterations are to be used in the derivation of
   

control

The individual linear mixed-effects model components of the
  <code>lmeStruct</code> list are initialized.

initialize.lmeStruct: Initialize an lmeStruct Object

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