[R] Defining own variance function / quasi-likelihood in a GLM

[Richard Nixon]

Hello,

I've been looking in the on-line manuals and searching past posts but
can't find an answer to this question.

I'd like to define my own variance function in a GLM.
The function glm(formula, family=quasi(var="var function"))
lets me choose from a selection of built in variances, but I want to
define my own function for the variance.

Is there an S-plus "make.family" type function in R, or some such way of
defining your own quasi-likelihoods in terms of the relationship between the
mean and the variance?

Thanks

Richard


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