join: Join Distributions

In PolicyAnalysisInc/herosurv: A Grammar of Survival Operations for CE Models

Join Distributions

Description

Join two or more distributions together at the specified cut points.

Usage

join(dist1, cut1, dist2, ...)

Arguments

dist1	survival distribution to use from time 0 to cut
cut1	cut point between dist1 and dist2
dist2	survival distribution to use from cut
...	Additional cutpoints and distributions

Value

A surv_join object

Examples

dist1 <- define_survival(distribution = "exp", rate = 0.05)
dist2 <- define_survival(distribution = "gompertz", rate = .5, shape = 1)
dist3 <- define_survival(distribution = "exp", rate = 0.25)
join_dist <- join(dist1, 20, dist2)
join_dist2 <- join(dist1, 20, dist2, 50, dist3)

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