Maximum-Likelihood Estimation

MLE is a generic function performing Maximum-Likelihood estimation of a (usually incomplete) object.

Usage

MLE(object, ...)

Arguments

object

An object defining a statistical model, usually incomplete because the estimation has not yet been performed.

...

Arguments passed to methods.

Value

A list with the results of the estimation. This include an estimate element, and usually a cov element. These should be extracted by the coef and vcov methods.

See also

coef and vcov.