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\name{logLik.reStruct}
\title{Calculate reStruct Log-Likelihood}
\usage{
\method{logLik}{reStruct}(object, conLin, \dots)
}
\alias{logLik.reStruct}
\arguments{
 \item{object}{an object inheriting from class \code{"\link{reStruct}"},
   representing a random effects structure and consisting of a list of
   \code{pdMat} objects.} 
 \item{conLin}{a condensed linear model object, consisting of a list
   with components \code{"Xy"}, corresponding to a regression matrix
   (\code{X}) combined with a response vector (\code{y}), and
   \code{"logLik"}, corresponding to the log-likelihood of the
   underlying model.} 
 \item{\dots}{some methods for this generic require additional
    arguments.  None are used in this method.} 
}
\description{
  Calculates the log-likelihood, or restricted log-likelihood, of the
  Gaussian linear mixed-effects model represented by \code{object} and
  \code{conLin} (assuming spherical within-group covariance structure),
  evaluated at \code{coef(object)}. The \code{settings} attribute of
  \code{object} determines whether the log-likelihood, or the restricted
  log-likelihood, is to be calculated. The computational methods are 
  described in Bates and Pinheiro (1998).
}
\value{
  the log-likelihood, or restricted log-likelihood, of linear
  mixed-effects model represented by \code{object} and \code{conLin},
  evaluated at \code{coef{object}}.
}
\author{José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates \email{bates@stat.wisc.edu}}
\seealso{\code{\link{reStruct}},
  \code{\link{pdMat}},
  \code{\link{logLik.lme}}
}

\keyword{models}