nlme (version 3.1-114)

summary.varFunc: Summarize varFunc Object

Description

A structName attribute, with the value of corresponding argument, is appended to object and its class is changed to summary.varFunc.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'varFunc':
summary(object, structName, \dots)

Arguments

object

an object inheriting from class "varFunc", representing a variance function structure.

structName

an optional character string with a description of the varFunc class. Default depends on the method function: "Combination of variance functions" for varComb, "Constant plus power of covariate" for

...

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

Value

• an object similar to object, with an additional attribute structName, inheriting from class summary.varFunc.

See Also

varClasses, varFunc

Examples

vf1 <- varPower(0.3, form = ~age)
vf1 <- Initialize(vf1, Orthodont)
summary(vf1)