[R] Help in HMM

2007-07-22 Thread Regina Verghis
Hi all, I have a time series data.. Data consist of only the counts. I want to model it using a two or three state HMM. I am using J K Lindsey's "repeated package". I am not very clear with the arguments like "mu", "cmu".. etc.. How can I substitute the value for these arguments.Howthe initial est

[R] Help in HMM for count data

2007-06-25 Thread Regina Verghis
Respected Sir, I am Regina M.Verghis, Final Year PG in Biostatistics. My thesis is based on a count data. I am trying to fit the data using HMM. I have the count of new infectives each month. I am not considering any other covariates. I am using the 'chidden(repeated package)'. Can you expla

[R] Help in HMM commands

2007-06-16 Thread Regina Verghis
Respected Sir, I am working on Hidden Markov Models for count data. My data consist of number of new infectives in a ward per month. I have data for about 50 months. How can I fit a Hidden Markon Model to my data. I am using 'repeated' package('hidden' and 'chidden' arguments). I would l