statsmodels.genmod.cov_struct.Equivalence.initialize

Equivalence.initialize(model, rng=None)

Called by GEE, used by implementations that need additional setup prior to running fit.

Parameters:

modelGEE class

A reference to the parent GEE class instance.

rngint, array_like of int, numpy.random.Generator, or numpy.random.RandomState, optional

If rng is None, a new Generator is created using fresh entropy from the operating system. If rng is an int or array of ints, a new Generator is created, seeded with rng. If rng is already a Generator or RandomState instance, that instance is used.