</dd>

        <dt>D</dt>
<dd><p>a numeric matrix denoting the covariance matrix of the random effects.</p></dd>

        <dt>phis</dt>
<dd><p>a numeric vector for the extra (dispersion/shape) parameters.</p></dd>


</dl><p></p></dd>

<dt id="arg-control">control<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-control"></a></dt>
<dd><p>a list with the following components:</p><dl><dt>iter_EM</dt>
<dd><p>numeric scalar denoting the number of EM iterations; default is 30.</p></dd>

        <dt>iter_qN_outer</