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Linear Mixed Models

Junpeng Lao edited this page Feb 2, 2016 · 5 revisions

iMap4 calls LinearMixedModel from Matlab for model estimations. You can find the relate concepts in Matlab help file:

Linear Mixed-Effects Models
This page explains the basic concept of Linear Mixed Model.

Estimating Parameters in Linear Mixed-Effects Models
This page explains the methods for estimating parameters in Matlab: Maximum likelihood estimation (ML) and Restricted maximum likelihood estimation (ReML).

Linear formula notation (Wilkinson Notation)
This page explains how to express your linear formula.


Linear Mixed Model - a regression example:

In a GLM setting,

y = Xβ + ε
only ε is the random effect:

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