Initialize.corStruct {nlme} | R Documentation

## Initialize corStruct Object

### Description

This method initializes `object` by evaluating its associated covariate(s) and grouping factor, if any is present, in `data`, calculating various dimensions and constants used by optimization algorithms involving `corStruct` objects (see the appropriate `Dim` method documentation), and assigning initial values for the coefficients in `object`, if none were present.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'corStruct':
    Initialize(object, data, ...)

### Arguments

`object` | an object inheriting from class `corStruct` representing a correlation structure.
`data` | a data frame in which to evaluate the variables defined in `formula(object)`.
`...` | this argument is included to make this method compatible with the generic.

### Value

an initialized object with the same class as `object` representing a correlation structure.

### Author(s)

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

### References

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

### See Also

`Dim.corStruct`

### Examples

    cs1 <- corAR1(form = ~ 1 | Subject)
    cs1 <- Initialize(cs1, data = Orthodont)

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