dprimarycensored: Compute the primary event censored PMF for delays

In primarycensored: Primary Event Censored Distributions

Compute the primary event censored PMF for delays

Description

This function computes the primary event censored probability mass function (PMF) for a given set of quantiles. It adjusts the PMF of the primary event distribution by accounting for the delay distribution and potential truncation at a maximum delay (D). The function allows for custom primary event distributions and delay distributions.

Usage

dprimarycensored(
  x,
  pdist,
  pwindow = 1,
  swindow = 1,
  D = Inf,
  dprimary = stats::dunif,
  dprimary_args = list(),
  log = FALSE,
  pdist_name = lifecycle::deprecated(),
  dprimary_name = lifecycle::deprecated(),
  ...
)

dpcens(
  x,
  pdist,
  pwindow = 1,
  swindow = 1,
  D = Inf,
  dprimary = stats::dunif,
  dprimary_args = list(),
  log = FALSE,
  pdist_name = lifecycle::deprecated(),
  dprimary_name = lifecycle::deprecated(),
  ...
)

Arguments

x	Vector of quantiles
pdist	Distribution function (CDF). The package can identify base R distributions for potential analytical solutions. For non-base R functions, users can apply add_name_attribute() to yield properly tagged functions if they wish to leverage the analytical solutions.
pwindow	Primary event window
swindow	Secondary event window (default: 1)
D	Maximum delay (truncation point). If finite, the distribution is truncated at D. If set to Inf, no truncation is applied. Defaults to Inf.
dprimary	Function to generate the probability density function (PDF) of primary event times. This function should take a value x and a pwindow parameter, and return a probability density. It should be normalized to integrate to 1 over [0, pwindow]. Defaults to a uniform distribution over [0, pwindow]. Users can provide custom functions or use helper functions like dexpgrowth for an exponential growth distribution. See primary_dists.R for examples. The package can identify base R distributions for potential analytical solutions. For non-base R functions, users can apply add_name_attribute() to yield properly tagged functions if they wish to leverage analytical solutions.
dprimary_args	List of additional arguments to be passed to dprimary. For example, when using dexpgrowth, you would pass list(min = 0, max = pwindow, r = 0.2) to set the minimum, maximum, and rate parameters
log	Logical; if TRUE, probabilities p are given as log(p)
pdist_name	this argument will be ignored in future versions; use add_name_attribute() on pdist instead
dprimary_name	this argument will be ignored in future versions; use add_name_attribute() on dprimary instead
...	Additional arguments to be passed to the distribution function

Details

The primary event censored PMF is computed by taking the difference of the primary event censored cumulative distribution function (CDF) at two points, d + \text{swindow} and d. The primary event censored PMF, f_{\text{cens}}(d), is given by:

f_{\text{cens}}(d) = F_{\text{cens}}(d + \text{swindow}) - F_{\text{cens}}(d)

where F_{\text{cens}} is the primary event censored CDF.

The function first computes the CDFs for all unique points (including both d and d + \text{swindow}) using pprimarycensored(). It then creates a lookup table for these CDFs to efficiently calculate the PMF for each input value. For non-positive delays, the function returns 0.

If a finite maximum delay D is specified, the PMF is normalized to ensure it sums to 1 over the range [0, D]. This normalization can be expressed as:

f_{\text{cens,norm}}(d) = \frac{f_{\text{cens}}(d)}{\sum_{i=0}^{D-1} f_{\text{cens}}(i)}

where f_{\text{cens,norm}}(d) is the normalized PMF and f_{\text{cens}}(d) is the unnormalized PMF. For the explanation and mathematical details of the CDF, refer to the documentation of pprimarycensored().

Value

Vector of primary event censored PMFs, normalized by D if finite (truncation adjustment)

See Also

Primary event censored distribution functions pprimarycensored(), rprimarycensored()

Examples

# Example: Weibull distribution with uniform primary events
dprimarycensored(c(0.1, 0.5, 1), pweibull, shape = 1.5, scale = 2.0)

# Example: Weibull distribution with exponential growth primary events
dprimarycensored(
  c(0.1, 0.5, 1), pweibull,
  dprimary = dexpgrowth,
  dprimary_args = list(r = 0.2), shape = 1.5, scale = 2.0
)

primarycensored documentation built on April 3, 2025, 6:24 p.m.