"covQualNested"
Correlation or covariance structure for qualitative inputs (i.e. factors) obtained by nesting.
Objects can be created by calls of the form new("covQualNested",
...)
.
covLevels
:Object of class "function"
computing the covariance matrix
for the set of all levels.
covLevMat
:Object of class "matrix"
. The matrix returned by the
function in slot covLevels
. Since this matrix is often
needed, it can be stored rather than recomputed.
hasGrad
:Object of class "logical"
. If TRUE
, the analytical
gradient can be computed.
acceptLowerSQRT
:Object of class "logical"
. If TRUE
, the lower square
root of the matrix can be returned
label
:Object of class "character"
. A label to describe the
kernel.
d
:Object of class "integer"
. The number of inputs.
inputNames
:Object of class "character"
Names of the inputs.
nlevels
:Object of class "integer"
with length d
give the
number of levels for the factors.
levels
:Object of class "list"
with length d
. Gives the
levels for the inputs.
parLower
:Object of class "numeric"
. Lower bounds on the (hyper)
parameters.
parUpper
:Object of class "numeric"
. Upper bounds on the (hyper)
parameters.
par
:Object of class "numeric"
. Value of the (hyper) parameters.
parN
:Object of class "integer"
. Number of (hyper) parameters.
kernParNames
:Object of class "character"
. Name of the parameters.
group
:Object of class "integer"
. Group numbers: one for each final
level.
groupLevels
:Object of class "character"
. Vector of labels for the
groups.
between
:Object of class "covQual"
. A covariance or correlation
structure that can be used between groups.
within
:Object of class "list"
. A list of covariance or correlation
structures that are used within the groups. Each item has class
"covQual"
.
parNCum
:Object of class "integer"
. Cumulated number of
parameters. Used for technical computations.
contrasts
:Object of class "function"
. A contrast function like
contr.helmod
. This function must return a contrast matrix
with columns having unit norm.
Class "covQual"
, directly.
Class "covAll"
, by class "covQual", distance 2.
No methods defined with class "covQualNested" in the signature.