pdBlocked-class {lme4} | R Documentation

## Class "pdBlocked", blocked pd matrices

### Description

Block-diagonal positive definite matrices.

### Objects from the Class

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

### Slots

`param`:
  Object of class `"list"`
`form`:
  Object of class `"formula", from class "pdMat"`
`Names`:
  Object of class `"character", from class "pdMat"`

### Extends

Class `"pdMat"`, directly.

### Methods

Names
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:
Names<-
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "character")`:
[
  `signature(x = "pdBlocked")`:
coef
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:
coef<-
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "ANY")`:
corMatrix
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:
formula
  `signature(x = "pdBlocked")`:
isInitialized
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:
logDet
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked", covariate = "missing")`:
matrix<-
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked", value = "matrix")`:
pdFactor
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:
solve
  `signature(a = "pdBlocked", b = "missing")`:
summary
  `signature(object = "pdBlocked")`:

### Author(s)

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

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