Re: [R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-11 Thread Murray Jorgensen
Erin, as well as P & B can I recommend McCullogh CE, Searle SR (2000), Generalized, Linear, and Mixed Models, Wiley I also found Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models by Andrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. use

Re: [R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-11 Thread Ravi Varadhan
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Re: [R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-11 Thread Ted Harding
On 11-Feb-08 15:07:37, Douglas Bates wrote: > [...] > Except that Doug Bates doesn't use the EM algorithm for fitting mixed > models any more. The lme4 package previously had an option for > starting with EM (actually ECME, which is a variant of EM) iterations > but I have since removed it. For l

Re: [R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-11 Thread Douglas Bates
On Feb 10, 2008 2:32 PM, Spencer Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Erin: > Have you looked at Pinheiro and Bates (2000) Mixed-Effects Models > in S and S-Plus (Springer)? > As far as I know, Doug Bates has been the leading innovator in > this area for the past 20 years. Pinheir

Re: [R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-10 Thread Spencer Graves
Hi, Erin: Have you looked at Pinheiro and Bates (2000) Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-Plus (Springer)? As far as I know, Doug Bates has been the leading innovator in this area for the past 20 years. Pinheiro was one of his graduate students. The 'nlme' package was developed b

[R] [OT] good reference for mixed models and EM algorithm

2008-02-10 Thread Erin Hodgess
Dear R People: Sorry for the off-topic. Could someone recommend a good reference for using the EM algorithm on mixed models, please? I've been looking and there are so many of them. Perhaps someone here can narrow things down a bit. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associa