Initialize function

Initialize Object

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include: corStruct, glsStruct, lmeStruct, reStruct, and varFunc.

Initialize(object, data, ...)

Arguments

• object: any object requiring initialization, e.g. "plug-in" structures such as corStruct and varFunc objects.
• data: a data frame to be used in the initialization procedure.
• ...: some methods for this generic function require additional arguments.

Returns

an initialized object with the same class as object. Changes introduced by the initialization procedure will depend on the method function used; see the appropriate documentation.

References

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

Author(s)

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu

See Also

Initialize.corStruct, Initialize.glsStruct, Initialize.lmeStruct, Initialize.reStruct, Initialize.varFunc, isInitialized