modify_transMat: Upgrade the transMat object for the multi-state/relsurv...

In mstate: Data Preparation, Estimation and Prediction in Multi-State Models

Description

A function that upgrades the transMat object so that the population and excess-related transitions are included in the transition matrix.

Usage

modify_transMat(trans, split.transitions)

Arguments

trans	The original transition matrix (usually generated using function transMat from mstate). Also often present in the msfit object.
split.transitions	The transitions that should be split.

Value

An upgraded transition matrix that contains the population and excess transitions.

Author(s)

Damjan Manevski [e-mail]

See Also

transMat

Examples

# transition matrix for illness-death model
trans <- transMat(list(c(2,3),c(4), c(), c()), 
      names = c("Alive", "Relapse","Non-relapse mortality", "Death after relapse"))
split.transitions <- c(2,3)
modify_transMat(trans, split.transitions) 

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