needUpdate {nlme}
Check if Update is Needed
Description
This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. By default, it tries to extract a needUpdate attribute of object. If this is NULL or FALSE it returns FALSE; else it returns TRUE. Updating of objects usually takes place in iterative algorithms in which auxiliary quantities associated with the object, and not being optimized over, may change.
Usage
needUpdate(object)
Arguments
- object
- any object
Values
a logical value indicating whether object needs to be updated.
See Also
needUpdate.modelStruct
Examples
vf1 <- varExp() vf1 <- Initialize(vf1, data = Orthodont) needUpdate(vf1)
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