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

R Documentation

Upgrade the transMat object for the multi-state/relsurv setting.

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 damjan.manevski@mf.uni-lj.si

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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