lmeStruct                package:nlme                R Documentation

_L_i_n_e_a_r _M_i_x_e_d-_E_f_f_e_c_t_s _S_t_r_u_c_t_u_r_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A linear mixed-effects structure is a list of model components
     representing different sets of parameters in the linear
     mixed-effects model. An 'lmeStruct' list must contain at least a
     'reStruct' object, but may also contain 'corStruct' and 'varFunc'
     objects. 'NULL' arguments are not included in the 'lmeStruct'
     list.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     lmeStruct(reStruct, corStruct, varStruct)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

reStruct: a 'reStruct' representing a random effects structure.

corStruct: an optional 'corStruct' object, representing a correlation
          structure. Default is 'NULL'.

varStruct: an optional 'varFunc' object, representing a variance
          function structure. Default is 'NULL'.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     a list of model components determining the parameters to be
     estimated for the associated linear mixed-effects model.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jose Pinheiro Jose.Pinheiro@pharma.novartis.com and Douglas Bates
     bates@stat.wisc.edu

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'lme', 'reStruct', 'corClasses', 'varFunc'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     lms1 <- lmeStruct(reStruct(~age), corAR1(), varPower())

