initialize,dmbc_model-method {dmbc}

Create an instance of the dmbc_model class using new/initialize.

Description

Create an instance of the dmbc_model class using new/initialize.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'dmbc_model'
initialize(.Object, p = numeric(), G = numeric(), family = character())

Arguments

.Object

Prototype object from the class dmbc_model.

p

A length-one character vector representing the number of dimensions of the latent space to use in the MDS analysis.

G

A length-one numeric vector representing the number of clusters to partition the subjects into.

family

A length-one character vector representing the type of data to analyze. Currently, it accepts only the 'binomial' value, but future developments will include the possibility to analyze continuous, multinomial and count data.

Author(s)

Sergio Venturini [e-mail]