update-methods            package:stats4            R Documentation

Methods for Function 'update' in Package 'stats4'

Description:

     Update '"mle"' objects.

Usage:

     ## S4 method for signature 'mle':
     update(object, ..., evaluate = TRUE)

Arguments:

  object: An existing fit.

     ...: Additional arguments to the call, or arguments with changed
          values. Use 'name=NULL' to remove the argument 'name'.

evaluate: If true evaluate the new call else return the call.

Methods:



     object = "ANY" Generic function: see 'update'.

     object = "mle" Update a fit.

Examples:

     x <- 0:10
     y <- c(26, 17, 13, 12, 20, 5, 9, 8, 5, 4, 8)
     ll <- function(ymax=15, xhalf=6)
         -sum(stats::dpois(y, lambda=ymax/(1+x/xhalf), log=TRUE))
     fit <- mle(ll)
     ## note the recorded call contains ..1, a problem with S4 dispatch
     update(fit, fixed=list(xhalf=3))

