similar to: Extracting variance-covariance matrix from nlme object

I would appreciate confirmation that the function vcov(model.nlme) gives the var-cov matrix of the fixed effects in an nlme model. Presumably the random-effects var-cov matrix is given by cov(ranef (model.nlme)? Rob Forsyth

Dear R team, I would like to do a multivariate meta-analysis in R using the nlme package. In meta-analysis I fix the residuals to known sampling errors. As I do a multivariate analysis, I have a variance-covariance matrix of sampling errors. Unfortunately, via varFixed I can only fix a vector of sampling errors and no matrix. In the R package metafor using the rma.mv function I can insert the

Dear List: I am estimating a gls model and am having to make some rather unconventional modifications to handle a particular problem I have identified. My aim is to fit a GLS with an AR1 structure, obtain the variance-covariance matrix (V), modify it as needed given my research problem, and then reestimate the GLS by brute force using matrix operations. All seems to be working almost perfectly,

Hello, I am using R2.5 under Windows. Looks like the following statement vars <- (obj$sigma^2)*vw in getVarCov.gls method (nlme package) needs to be replaced with: vars <- (obj$sigma*vw)^2 With best regards Andrzej Galecki Douglas Bates wrote: >I'm not sure when the getVarCov.gls method was written or by whom. To >tell the truth I'm not really sure what

Dear all, I am estimating a mixed-model in Ubuntu Raring (13.04¸ amd64), with the code: fm0 <- lme(rt ~ run + group * stim * cond, random=list( subj=pdSymm(~ 1 + run), subj=pdSymm(~ 0 + stim)), data=mydat1) When I check the approximate variance-covariance matrix, I get: > fm0$apVar [1] "Non-positive definite

In some trial simulation work I need to create batch files that will repeatedly generate pseudoreplicate datasets and then create non- linear mixed effects models using nlme. Inevitably these models sometimes fail to converge but I need the batch file to simply move on to another simulation rather than abort. I am using the try() function as in model<-try((nlme(...))) which handles

-- Dear R users, I have data on around 2000 birds from 3 generations for which I know an individual's pedigree (i.e. the relationship it shares with other individuals e.g brother, uncle, mother) and also a pedigree based on foster-families, because half broods were removed from their nest of origin and placed in a foster parent's nest. From this I want to model two types of random

Hi, How extract the Variance and Covariance Matrices D of random effects and R of error in the lme object? Thanks in advance. Alexandre Galv??o

In "lm" command, we can use "vcov" option to get variance-covariance matrix. Does anyone know how to get variance-covariance matrix in nlrq? Thanks, Kate [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Hi all, I've been struggling with trying to specify a diagnoal matrix for linear mixed effects model. I think I've got nearly everything correct, except the following message appears: In lme.formula(fixed = fwave ~ sex + sexXbulbar + visit + age + : Fewer observations than random effects in all level 1 groups Not sure if i've provided enough details, but I'm basically trying

R 2.2.0 windows XP How can I perform a regression analyses using a vector of means, a variance-covariance matrix? I looked at the help screen for lm and did not see any option for using the afore mentioned structures as input to lm. Thanks, John John Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics Baltimore VA Medical Center GRECC, University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude D.

Using lmer in the lme4 package, you can compute the conditional variance-covariance matrix of the random effects using the bVar slot: bVar: A list of the diagonal inner blocks (upper triangles only) of the positive-definite matrices on the diagonal of the inverse of ZtZ+Omega. With the appropriate scale factor (and conversion to a symmetric matrix) these are the conditional variance-covariance

Dear List: I am having some trouble reproducing some GLS estimates using matrix operations that I am not having with other R procedures. Here are some sample data to see what I am doing along with all code: mu<-c(100,150,200,250) Sigma<-matrix(c(400,80,16,3.2,80,400,80,16,16,80,400,80,3.2,16,80,400),n c=4) sample.size<-100 temp <-

HI, I would like to extract the variance components estimation in lme function like a.fit<-lme(distance~age, data=aaa, random=~day/subject) There should be three variances \sigma_day, \sigma_{day %in% subject } and \sigma_e. I can extract the \sigma_e using something like a.fit$var. However, I cannot manage to extract the first two variance components. I can only see the results in

Dear list, I am trying to use the 'mvrnorm' function from the MASS package for simulating multivariate Gaussian data with given covariance matrix. The diagonal elements of my covariance matrix should be the same, i.e., all variables have the same marginal variance. Also all correlations between all pair of variables should be identical, but could be any value in [-1,1]. The problem I am

Dear R users, I have a question about the patterned variance-covariance structure for the random effects in linear mixed effect model. I am reading section 4.2.2 of "Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-Plus" by Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates. There is an example of defining a compound symmetry variance-covariance structure for the random effects in a split-plot experiment on varieties of

Hard to help you if you don't provide a reproducible example. On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 1:05 PM, Christien Kerbert < christienkerbert at gmail.com> wrote: > d is the number of observed variables (d = 3 in this example). n is the > number of observations. > > 2018-03-04 11:30 GMT+01:00 Eric Berger <ericjberger at gmail.com>: > >> What is 'd'? What is

d is the number of observed variables (d = 3 in this example). n is the number of observations. 2018-03-04 11:30 GMT+01:00 Eric Berger <ericjberger at gmail.com>: > What is 'd'? What is 'n'? > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Christien Kerbert < > christienkerbert at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> I use

Hi, I' trying to learn how to use lme for Linear Mixed Models and I have a problem when I have to include more than one random effect in my model. I know that this could be a stupid question to ask, but I'm not able to solve it by myself... One example: if my model is response = operator + block + day with operator and block as fixed effects and day as random effect, I use res.lme

Thanks for your reply. I use mvrnorm from the *MASS* package and lmrob from the *robustbase* package. To further explain my data generating process, the idea is as follows. The explanatory variables are generated my a multivariate normal distribution where the covariance matrix of the variables is defined by Sigma in my code, with ones on the diagonal and rho = 0.15 on the non-diagonal. Then y