MRH: Converts an MRH MCMC chains text file into an MRH object
In MRH: Multi-Resolution Estimation of the Hazard Rate

Description Usage Arguments Author(s) Examples

NOTE: This function converts the MRH MCMC chains file to an MRH object. For help with the MRH package, please see MRH-package for more information.

When the MRH model is run as a background routine or if the user quits the R workspace after the routine finishes running, the MRH object is not available in the workspace. The MRH() and as.MRH() functions convert the MCMC chains text file produced by the estimateMRH() routine in to an MRH object. This then allows the user to use the summary and plotting functions on the MRH object.

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MRH(x)
as.MRH(x)
is.MRH(x)

`x`	The MCMC chains text file produced by the MRH estimation routine.

Yolanda Hagar <yolanda.hagar@colorado.edu>

# The MRH fit example is from the estimateMRH() help page.  It does not need to 
# be re-run if the code has previously been run and the outfolder ('MRH_tongue_nph') is
# saved.
data(tongue)
## Not run: 
fit.tongue = estimateMRH(formula = Surv(time, delta) ~ nph(type), data = tongue, M = 4, 
	burnIn = 200, maxIter = 2000, thin = 1, outfolder = 'MRH_tongue_nph')
## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
MRHchains = read.table('MRH_tongue_nph/MCMCchains.txt', header = TRUE)
MRHobject = MRH(MRHchains)
# When the chains are read in, the maximum study time must
# be entered in the summary function, and the total number
# of subjects (n) must be entered for BIC to be calculated.
summary(MRHobject, maxStudyTime = max(tongue$time))
DIC(MRHobject, n = nrow(tongue))
## End(Not run)