[R] varcomp

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Troels Ring wrote:

> Dear friends.
>
> I know this has been discussed before but as lively as R is (thanks to all)
> things might have changed. In Venables and Ripley(199) p 192-4 estimation
> of variance components including robust methods is discussed. I cannot find
> anything like that presently but might have overlooked it. Is it planned to
> do it ? Is it obsolete ?

It is not there in R and not planned.  (You can check plans on
developer.r-project.org.)  It is still in S-PLUS, so not obselete.

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