[R] random effects structure in lme

2004-04-22 Thread Vito Muggeo
Dear all, Some days ago I posted the same message below, but unfortunately with no reply. So, apologizes for this my re-sending, but I hope there is now someone on-line that can help me In using the lme() function from the nlme package, I would like to specify a particular correlation struct

[R] random effects structure in lme

2004-04-20 Thread Vito Muggeo
Dear all, In using the lme() function from the nlme package, I would like to specify a particular correlation structure for the random effects. For instance, for a 3 by 3 matrix, say, I am interested in assuming a `quasi-diagonal' matrix having zero entries in all but the first column (and the main