I'm happy to change the name.  Any suggestions?

Stata is xtmixed
SAS is proc mixed
R is lmer


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Josef Perktold <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In statsmodels/regression/lme.py:
>
> > +        mat += f*np.eye(A.shape[0])
> > +        _, ld = np.linalg.slogdet(mat)
> > +        return ld
> > +
> > +    _, ld = np.linalg.slogdet(B)
> > +
> > +    p = A.shape[0]
> > +    ld += p*np.log(f)
> > +
> > +    qmat = BI + np.dot(A.T, A) / f
> > +    _, ld1 = np.linalg.slogdet(qmat)
> > +
> > +    return ld + ld1
> > +
> > +
> > +class LME(base.Model):
>
> I think we have to find a better name, that has Mixed in it.
> LME will only be understandable for users and developers that are used to
> the R functions.
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