Positive-definite matrices

Description

The class of positive-definite, symmetric matrices.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("pdmatrix", ...). More frequently they are created by coercing a pdMat object to the pdmatrix class.

Slots

.Data:

Object of class "matrix", which should be a numeric matrix.

Extends

Class "matrix", from data part. Class "structure", by class "matrix". Class "array", by class "matrix". Class "vector", by class "matrix".

Methods

coerce

signature(from = "matrix", to = "pdmatrix"): create a pdmatrix object from a matrix (does not check for symmetry or positive-definiteness)

See Also

dpoMatrix-class