logLik.lme               package:nlme               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     If 'REML=FALSE', returns the log-likelihood value of the linear
     mixed-effects model represented by 'object' evaluated at the
     estimated  coefficients; else, the restricted log-likelihood
     evaluated at the estimated coefficients is returned.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     ## S3 method for class 'lme':
     logLik(object, REML, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  object: an object inheriting from class 'lme', representing a fitted
          linear mixed-effects model.

    REML: an optional logical value. If 'TRUE' the restricted
          log-likelihood is returned, else, if 'FALSE', the
          log-likelihood is returned. Defaults to 'FALSE'. 

     ...: some methods for this generic require additional arguments. 
          None are used in this method.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     the (restricted) log-likelihood of the model represented by
     'object' evaluated at the estimated coefficients.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Harville, D.A. (1974) ``Bayesian Inference for Variance Components
     Using Only Error Contrasts'', _Biometrika_, *61*, 383-385.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'lme','gls'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     fm1 <- lme(distance ~ Sex * age, Orthodont, random = ~ age, method = "ML")
     logLik(fm1)
     logLik(fm1, REML = TRUE)

