Message-ID: <4263FF7E.9020909@stat.wisc.edu>
Date: 2005-04-18T20:43:18Z
From: Douglas Bates
Subject: Why no BIC.default function?
In-Reply-To: <17905.170.54.59.167.1113847926.squirrel@170.54.59.167>
kwright@eskimo.com wrote:
> I'm using R 2.0.1.
>
> I looked in the email archives but didn't see anything on this topic.
>
> I've noticed a surprising (to me) difference between AIC and BIC:
>
>
>>methods("AIC")
>
> [1] AIC.default* AIC.logLik*
>
>
>>methods("BIC")
>
> [1] BIC.gls* BIC.lm* BIC.lme* BIC.lmList* BIC.logLik* BIC.nls*
>
> The BIC.gls BIC.lm BIC.lme BIC.lmList and BIC.nls functions appear to have
> exactly the same definition. (I didn't check with 'diff' though.)
>
> Would it make sense to treat BIC similarly to AIC and have just
> BIC.default and BIC.logLik?
Yes. We will do so.