h_hierarchical_get_decision_samples: Helper function to get the samples used for decision rules in...

In crmPack: Object-Oriented Implementation of Dose Escalation Designs

Helper function to get the samples used for decision rules in a hierarchical design

Description

In a hierarchical design, the samples used for decision rules in each arm may either be the overall samples from the hierarchical model (if borrowing is allowed) or the arm-specific samples (if no borrowing).

Usage

h_hierarchical_get_decision_samples(
  samples,
  arm_name,
  arm,
  arm_data,
  mcmcOptions
)

Arguments

samples	the overall samples from the hierarchical model.
arm_name	the name of the arm for which we want to get the samples for decision rules.
arm	the DesignArm object for this arm.
arm_data	the data for this arm.
mcmcOptions	the MCMC options to use if we need to fit an arm-specific model.

Value

the samples to be used for decision rules for this arm.

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