Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.61b.0505180952150.341808@homer10.u.washington.edu>
Date: 2005-05-18T16:53:17Z
From: Thomas Lumley
Subject: the rationale for using update()
In-Reply-To: <000a01c55bc7$363c05d0$6500a8c0@thesahajamach>
On Wed, 18 May 2005, Dimitri Joe wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I wonder what is the rationale for using update(): just saving on
> typing, more efficiency, or something else?
>
It saves on typing (and in particular on typing errors). Methods for
"update" could be more efficient than fitting the model from scratch, but
typically are not.
-thomas