# diversi.time

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##### Analysis of Diversification with Survival Models

This functions fits survival models to a set of branching times, some of them may be known approximately (censored). Three models are fitted, Model A assuming constant diversification, Model B assuming that diversification follows a Weibull law, and Model C assuming that diversification changes with a breakpoint at time Tc'. The models are fitted by maximum likelihood.

Keywords
models
##### Usage
diversi.time(x, census = NULL, censoring.codes = c(1, 0), Tc = NULL)
##### Details

The principle of the method is to consider each branching time as an event: if the branching time is accurately known, then it is a failure event; if it is approximately knwon then it is a censoring event. An analogy is thus made between the failure (or hazard) rate estimated by the survival models and the diversification rate of the lineage. Time is here considered from present to past.

Model B assumes a monotonically changing diversification rate. The parameter that controls the change of this rate is called beta. If beta is greater than one, then the diversification rate decreases through time; if it is lesser than one, the the rate increases through time. If beta is equal to one, then Model B reduces to Model A.

##### Value

A NULL value is returned, the results are simply printed.

##### References

Paradis, E. (1997) Assessing temporal variations in diversification rates from phylogenies: estimation and hypothesis testing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 264, 1141--1147.

branching.times, diversi.gof ltt.plot, birthdeath, bd.ext, yule, yule.cov`

##### Aliases
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