[R] [R-pkgs] New version of glmmML

[Göran Broström]

On 8/21/06, Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> Hi Göran,
>
> >>>>> "GB" == Göran Broström <goran.brostrom at gmail.com>
> >>>>>     on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:12:49 +0200 writes:
>
>     GB> A new version, 0.65-1, of glmmML is now on CRAN. It is a major rewrite
>     GB> of the inner structures, so frequent updates (bug fixes) may be
>     GB> expected for some time.
>
>
>     GB> News:
>
>     [............]
>
> Sorry for my lazy question :
>
>    What does the package do that lmer() does not?

Hi Martin,

most of the things I mentioned in the announcement. To appreciate it I
think you have to study 'lmer' as well (defeat your laziness!;). One
thing I didn't mention is the possibility to fit a model at a fixed
value of the standard deviation of the random effects. Utilising that,
it is easy to create a profile likelihood (as a function of sigma),
which can be very helpful in certain cases.

HTH,

Göran