pdBlocked-class             package:lme4             R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_p_d_B_l_o_c_k_e_d", _b_l_o_c_k_e_d _p_d _m_a_t_r_i_c_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Block-diagonal positive definite matrices.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     Objects can be created by calls of the form `new("pdBlocked",
     ...)'.

_S_l_o_t_s:

     `_p_a_r_a_m': Object of class `"list"' 

     `_f_o_r_m': Object of class `"formula", from class "pdMat"'  .tide
          `Names':  Object of class `"character", from class "pdMat"' 

_E_x_t_e_n_d_s:

     Class `"pdMat"', directly.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     _N_a_m_e_s `signature(object = "pdBlocked")':

     _N_a_m_e_s<- `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "character")':

     [ `signature(x = "pdBlocked")': 

     _c_o_e_f `signature(object = "pdBlocked")': 

     _c_o_e_f<- `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "ANY")': 

     _c_o_r_M_a_t_r_i_x `signature(object = "pdBlocked")':

     _f_o_r_m_u_l_a `signature(x = "pdBlocked")':

     _i_s_I_n_i_t_i_a_l_i_z_e_d `signature(object = "pdBlocked")':

     _l_o_g_D_e_t `signature(object = "pdBlocked", covariate = "missing")':

     _m_a_t_r_i_x<- `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "matrix")': 

     _p_d_F_a_c_t_o_r `signature(object = "pdBlocked")': 

     _s_o_l_v_e `signature(a = "pdBlocked", b = "missing")':

     _s_u_m_m_a_r_y `signature(object = "pdBlocked")':

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu and Saikat DebRoy
     saikat@stat.wisc.edu

