summary.varFunc             package:nlme             R Documentation

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, ...)

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 'varConstPower',
          '"Exponential of variance covariate"' for 'varExp',
          '"Different standard deviations per stratum"' for 'varIdent',
          '"Power of variance covariate"' for 'varPower', and
          'data.class(object)' for 'varFunc'.

     ...: 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'.

Author(s):

     Jose Pinheiro Jose.Pinheiro@pharma.novartis.com and Douglas Bates
     bates@stat.wisc.edu

See Also:

     'varClasses',  'varFunc'

Examples:

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

