createAvCurvePlotData-methods: Method to create the 'AvCurvePlotData' object

In scientific-computing-solutions/sibyl: Extrapolate Parametric Survival Curves

Description

Method to create the AvCurvePlotData object

Usage

createAvCurvePlotData(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SurvivalModel'
createAvCurvePlotData(object, maxTime = NULL,
  Npoints = 201, Nsim = 500, models = NULL, seed = NULL, B = 1000,
  conf.type = c("none", "plain", "log", "log-log")[3])

Arguments

object	SurvivalModel object
...	Additional arguments for specific instances of this generic
maxTime	(numeric) the time to extrapolate the curves to (default=NULL implies no extrapolation)
Npoints	(numeric) the number of time points for which the survival curves are to be evaluated at
Nsim	(numeric) the number of simulations used to generate the averaged curves
models	(character vector) which models from names(object@models) are to be used when calculating averaged survival curves - default NULL implies use all
seed	(numeric, default NULL) if not NULL then set random seed (although it will only be used if models include covariates) - random numbers are used when models includes covariates or when confidence intervals are required
B	(integer) Only used when no covariates in model. See summary.flexsurvreg Number of simulations from the normal asymptotic distribution of the estimates used to calculate confidence intervals. Decrease for greater speed at the expense of accuracy, or set B=0 to turn off calculation of CIs.
conf.type	("none", "plain", "log" [default], "log-log") argument passed to survfit

Details

If the models include covariates a simulation procedure is required to generate averaged survival curves. If the models do not include covariates then summary.flexsurvreg is used

Value

A AvCurvePlotData object

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