similar to: NLME: gls parameter evaluation inconsistency (PR#4757)

Hello folks, I have some data where spatial autocorrelation seems to be a serious problem, and I'm unclear on how to deal with it in R. I've tried to do my homework - read through 'The R Book,' use the online help in R, search the internet, etc. - and I still have some unanswered questions. I'd greatly appreciate any help you could offer. The super-super short explanation is

Hi I have a huge array with series of data. For each cell in the array I fit a linear model, either using lm() or gls() with lm() there is no problem, but with gls() I get an error: Error in glsEstimate(glsSt, control = glsEstControl) : computed gls fit is singular, rank 2 as soon as there are data like this: > y1 <- c(0,0,0,0) > x1 <- c(0,1,1.3,0) > gls(y1~x1)

I am trying to analyse a data with gls/lm using the following set of models prcn.0.lm <- lm( log10(Y)~(cond-1)+(cond-1):t ,prcn) prcn.1.gls <- gls( log10(Y)~(cond-1)+(cond-1):t ,prcn,cor=corAR1()) prcn.0.gls <- gls( log10(Y)~(cond-1)+(cond-1):t ,prcn) prcn.1m.gls <- gls( log10(Y)~(cond-1)+(cond-1):t ,prcn,cor=corAR1(),method="ML") I get the following AICs for these models:

How does one coerce predict.gls to incorporate the fitted correlation structure from the gls object into predictions? In the example below the AR(1) process with phi=0.545 is not used with predict.gls. Is there another function that does this? I'm going to want to fit a few dozen models varying in order from AR(1) to AR(3) and would like to look at the fits with the correlation structure

Dear All -- I am trying to use within a little table producing code an anova comparison of two gls fitted objects, contained in a list of such object, obtained using nlme function gls. The anova procedure fails to locate the second of the objects. The following code, borrowed from the help page of anova.gls, exemplifies: --------------- start example code --------------- library(nlme) ##

Hi all, I am trying to get a handle on gls (package nlme). I have a toy problem: 3 fixed factors (A, B, C), two levels each, 5 replicates per treatment. The response variable is continuous, normal. I have a correlation matrix of the form: > mat A B C A 1.00 0.75 0 B 0.75 1.00 0 C 0.00 0.00 1 which is common to all observations. How do I construct the call to gls? I think I need to

Dear List: My question is more statistical than R oriented (although it originates from my work with nlme). I know statistical questions are occasionally posted, so I hope my question is relevant to the list as I cannot turn up a solution anywhere else. I will frame it in the context of an R related issue. To illustrate the problem, consider student achievement test score data with multiple

Dear listers, I am trying to model the distribution of fox density over years in the Doubs department. Measurements have been taken on 470 plots in March each year and georeferenced. Average density is supposed to be different each year. In a first approach, I would like to use a general model of this type, taking spatial correlation into account:

Hello All, This is my third time attempting to post this message. I don't see it in the archive, so I'm guessing it is not getting through. If I am wrong, my apologies. I am trying to do a GLS regression, (X'V^-1X)^-1X'V^-1y, using the gls() function from the nlme package. I have the covariance matrix V. I have been searching for a way to specify the correlation structure

Hi: The gls function I used in my code is the following fm<-gls(y~x,correlation=corARMA(p=2) ) My question is how to extact the AR(2) parameters from "fm". The object "fm" is the following. How can I extract the correlation parameters Phi1 and Phi2 from "fm"? These two parametrs is not in the "coef" componenet of "fm". Thanks a

Dear R-help, I don't understand why Gls gives me an error when trying to fit a model with AR(2) errors, while gls (from nlme) does not. For example: library(nlme) library(rms) set.seed(1) d <- data.frame(x = rnorm(50), y = rnorm(50)) gls(y ~ x, data=d, correlation = corARMA(p=2)) #This works Gls(y ~ x, data=d, correlation = corARMA(p=2)) # Gives error # Error in

Hi, I am trying out a generalized least squares method of forecasting that corrects for autocorrelation. I downloaded daily stock data from Yahoo Finance, and am trying to predict Close (n=7903). I have learned to use date functions to extract indicator variables for Monday - Friday (and Friday is missing in the model to prevent it from becoming full rank). When I run the following code...

Dear All, I would like to be able to estimate confidence intervals for a linear combination of coefficients for a GLS model. I am familiar with John Foxton's helpful paper on Time Series Regression and Generalised Least Squares (GLS) and have learnt a bit about the gls function. I have downloaded the gmodels package so I can use the estimable function. The estimable function is very

A couple weeks ago I posted a message on this topic to r-help, the response was that this seemed like odd behavior, and that I ought to post it to one of the developer lists. I posted to r-sig-mixed-models, but didn't get any response. So, with good intentions, I decided to try posting once more, but to this more general list. The goal is (1) FYI, to make you aware of this issue, in case it

There is a bug in 'anova.gls' in the 'nlme' package (3.1-90). The=20 bug is triggered by calling the function with a single 'gls' object=20 and specifying the 'Terms' argument but not the 'L' argument: > library(nlme) > fm1Orth.gls <- gls(distance ~ Sex * I(age - 11), Orthodont, + correlation =3D corSymm(form =3D ~ 1 |

Hi, I have fit a model using the rms package with the Gls() function. Is there a way to get the model estimates, std errors, and p-values (i.e. what you get with print(fit)) into latex format? I have tried: f <- Gls(...) latex(f, file='') ... but I get the following error Error in replace.substring.wild(s, old, new, test = test, front = front, : does not handle > 1 * in

Dear helpers, I wrote a code which estimates a multi-equation model with generalized least squares (GLS). I can use GLS because I know the covariance matrix of the residuals a priori. However, it is a bit slow and I wonder if anybody would be able to point out a way to make it faster (it is part of a bigger code and needs to run several times). Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Carlo

Hi, I need to correct for ar(1) behavior of my residuals of my model. I noticed that there are multiple gls models in R. I am wondering if anyone has experience in choosing between gls models. For example, how should one decide whether to use lm.gls in MASS, or gls in nlme for correcting ar(1)? Does anyone have a preference? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks, -- Tom [[alternative HTML

Dear Colleagues, We are using the phylog.gls.fit() function from the R package "PHYLOGR" (Diaz-Uriarte R, Garland T: PHYLOGR: Functions for phylogenetically based statistical analyses. 2007. Available at [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PHYLOGR/index.html]) to correct for lack of independence between data points. (In our particular case, the lack of independence is due to

I've got a gls formula that's a mix of continuous and ordered variables. I wanted to use gls because I wanted to use the varIdent structure. Anyway, attempts to use "predict.gls" choke with the error that the levels I use are not allowed for one of them -- the first one alphabetically, so I'd guess the second would have the same problem. So I have three linked questions --