varFunc {nlme}R Documentation

Variance Function Structure

Description

If object is a one-sided formula, it is used as the argument to varFixed and the resulting object is returned. Else, if object already inherits from class "varFunc", such as all standard ‘varClasses’, it is returned unchanged.

Usage

varFunc(object)

Arguments

object

either an one-sided formula specifying a variance covariate, or an object inheriting from class "varFunc", representing a variance function structure.

Value

an object from class "varFunc", representing a variance function structure.

Author(s)

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

See Also

summary.varFunc, varFixed, varWeights.varFunc, coef.varFunc

Examples

vf1 <- varFunc(~age)

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