Create a random effects covariance parameter initial object
Source:R/randcov_initial.R
randcov_initial.Rd
Create a random effects (co)variance parameter initial object that specifies initial and/or known values to use while estimating random effect variances with modeling functions.
Arguments
- ...
Arguments to
randcov_params()
.- known
A character vector indicating which random effect variances are to be assumed known. The value
"given"
is shorthand for assuming all random effect variances given torandcov_initial()
are assumed known.
Value
A list with two elements: initial
and is_known
.
initial
is a named numeric vector indicating the random effect variances
with specified initial and/or known values. is_known
is a named
logical vector indicating whether the random effect variances in
initial
are known or not.