View source: R/hlike.frailty.R
Perform hierarchical likelihood estimation of the univariate frailty model, cause-specific frailty model and subhazard frailty model. Assuming either a univariate normal or multivariate normal distribution for the random effects V, where different covariance structures can be assumed for the multivariate normal distribution.
| 1 2 | hlike.frailty(formula, data, inits, order = 1, frailty.cov = "none", subHazard = FALSE, 
alpha = 0.05, MAX.ITER = 100, TOL = 1e-06)
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| formula | left-hand side is a CmpRsk object (see details), right-hand side is predictors (currently limited to numeric main effects), must include a cluster term that identifies the cluster variable. | 
| data | dataframe containing the variables used in the formula | 
| inits | list of initial values, three named components: beta, v and theta | 
| order | numeric, order of the Laplace approximation, 0=no order, 1=first-order, 2=second-order; second-order only applies to models with a univariate normal distribution | 
| frailty.cov | character string "none", "independent" or "unstructured" specifying the covariance structure for a multivariate normal distribution; "none" indicates univariate normal distribution | 
| subHazard | logical, if TRUE fits the subhazard frailty model | 
| alpha | numeric, 100(1-alpha) percent confidence intervals | 
| MAX.ITER | numeric, maximum number of iterations | 
| TOL | numeric, tolerance limit | 
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