d_ab2i: Convert contrast indexing

In nmathresh: Thresholds and Invariant Intervals for Network Meta-Analysis

Description

Functions for converting between d_{ab} indexing of contrasts (useful notationally) and d[i] indexing used by R.

Usage

d_ab2i(a, b, K)

d_i2ab(i, K)

Arguments

a	Vector of treatment codes a.
b	Vector of treatment codes b.
K	Total number of treatments.
i	Vector of indices i.

Value

d_ab2i returns a vector of indices i. d_i2ab returns a data frame of indices a and b.

Functions

• d_ab2i: Convert d[i] type indices to d_{ab} type indices.

• d_i2ab: Convert d_{ab} type indices to d[i] type indices.

Note

By convention, 1 ≤ a < b ≤ K. If this is not the case, an error will be thrown. For a given number of treatments K, the total number of possible contrasts d_{ab} is K(K-1)/2, and hence i ≤ K. Again, if this is not the case, an error will be thrown.

Examples

d_ab2i(c(1,1,1, 2,2, 3), c(2,3,4, 3,4, 4), K=4)
d_i2ab(1:6, K=4)

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