Extract the Logarithm of the Determinant

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include: corStruct, several pdMat classes, and reStruct.

logDet(object, ...)

Arguments

object

any object from which a matrix, or list of matrices, can be extracted

...

some methods for this generic function require additional arguments.

Value

will depend on the method function used; see the appropriate documentation.

Author

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu