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I am having trouble fitting correlation structures within nlme. I would like to fit corCAR1, corGaus and corExp correlation structures to my data. I either get the error "step halving reduced below minimum in pnls step" or alternatively R crashes. My dataset is similar to the CO2 example in the nlme package. The one major difference is that in my case the 'conc' steps are

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:

Hi, I have been using the function lme() of the package nlme to model grouped data that is auto-correlated in time and in space (the data was collected on different days via a moving monitor). I am aware that I can use the correlation classes corCAR1 and corExp (among other options) to model the temporal and spatial components of the auto-correlation. However, as far as I can tell, I can only

Hi, I'm trying to introduce a (spatial) exponential correlation structure (with range=200 and nugget.effet of 0.3) in a lme model of this form: lme(ARBUS~YEAR, random=~1|IDSOUS). The structure of the data is "IDSOUS" "XMIN" "YMAX" "YEAR" "ARBUS" with 2 years of data and 5600 points for each year. I do:

I'd like to compare two models which were fitted using gls, however I'm having trouble interpreting the results of gls. If any of you could offer me some advice, I'd greatly appreciate it. Short explanation of models: These two models have the same fixed-effects structure (two independent, linear effects), and differ only in that the second model includes a corExp structure for

Dear R-help, Can anyone explain the meaning of the warning, Singular precision matrix in level -1, block 1 ? Or how to track down where it comes from? More precisely, using the nlme package, I'm issued with the warning itt2 <- lme(lrna~rx.nrti+lbrna, random=~1|patid, cor=corExp(form=~days|patid,nugget=T), weights=varPower( form=~lbrna),data=rna3) Warning messages: 1: Singular

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

Dear R-users, I hope you will have time to read me and I will try to be brief. I am also sorry for my poor english. I used gls function from the package nlme to correct two types of bias in my database. At first, because my replicates are spatially aggregated, I would like to fit a corStruct function like corLin, corSpher, corRatio, corExp or corGaus in my gls model, and simultaneously,

[I think I've seen this reported before but can't locate it any more. I believe this oddity (glitch? feature?) is behind a query that Jean-Baptiste Ferdy asked a year ago <http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-October/176449.html>] It appears that glmmPQL looks in the global workspace, not within the data frame specified by the "data" argument, for the variables

Hi All, Sorry for this basic question as I am new to this R. I would like to know, is it possible to consider a matrix with some columns having numeric data and some other's with characters (strings) data? How do I get this type of data from a flat file. Thanks very much, mallika ____________________________________________________________________________ Mallika Veeramalai, Ph.D.,

Dear All, I have a list of models(1000) which have variable scores from 20 different method. I would like to rank models using consensus approach based on high scores from different methods.Is there any function available in R for this purpose? I will appreciate any pointers in this regard. Thank you very much in Advance, Mallika

Hi all, I wrote a piece of code that generates simulated variables. after variable generation I use them in several analyzes. However, when I use a for to repeat the procedure 1000 times I get an erro message in one of the "for" steps, precisely at this time: gls.temp<- gls(y2 ~ x2,correlation=corExp(form=~coord2[,1]+coord2[,2])) # coord 2 are spatial coordinates and the error

Dear all, Using the quasibinomial and quasipoisson families results in no AIC being calculated. However, a quasi AIC has actually been defined by Lebreton et al (1992). In the (in my opinon, at least) very interesting book by Burnham and Anderson (1998,2002) this QAIC (and also QAICc) is covered. Maybe this is something that could be implemented in R. Take a look at page 23 in this pdf:

I am trying to distribute the entries of a data frame (dat) to a vector (water) based on the values of two other vectors (region and year). region is also the columns and year the rows of the data frame (dat). I can write a bunch of ifelse statements or I created the for statement below - but there must be a simpler way?? The for statement probably won't work if I am distributing a non

Dear R users, I'm estimating a mixed effects model in which the spatial correlation is controlled for by the "corGaus" structure. I'm wondering if there is a document or paper that explains how the spatial correlation structure (such as "corExp" or "corGaus") works. Let me use the example and data posted on UCLA's R FAQ webpage to explain my problems.

Full_Name: daniel t. O'Shea Version: 2.2.1 OS: xp Submission from: (NULL) (156.98.28.4) using the cor command in the base package. cor(x,y) x is a matrix (15 rows and 1000 columns). I did not specify a column and R crashed - shut down. error signature AppName:rgui.exe AppVer 2.21.51220.0 ModName: r.dll ModVer: 2.21.51220.0

I have a data frame and one separate vector that is a grouping variable for the data frame. I would like to take all rows of the data frame belonging to each group and then sum the columns with out using a for statement. Something like: take all rows of group 1 then apply(group1.data,1,sum), but do this without having to do it separately for each group. Any ideas? thank you. Dan

Hello I've been investigating using multi-model inference, based on calculating AIC and AIC weights, using the techniques outlined in Burnham and Anderson's (2002) book. However I notice a couple of emails in the R-help archive stating that there are errors in the technique. Are these errors associated with the particular implementation that B & A propose in their text, or is the

I have a data file with indicates pretest scores for a linguistics experiment. The data are in long form so for each of 33 subjects there are 400 rows, one for each item on the test, and there is a column called ‘Correct’ that shows ‘C’ for a correct response and ‘E’ for an incorrect response. I am trying to write a formula that will create a vector that indicates the number of correct answers

Greetings, I have recently come into some confusion over weather or not AIC results for comparing among models requires that they be nested. Reading Burnham & Anderson (2002) they are explicit that nested models are not required, but other respected statisticians have suggested that nesting is a pre-requisite for comparison. Could anyone who feels strongly regarding either position