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wfunk: Loglihood function of a Weibull regression

Description

Calculates minus the log likelihood function and its first and second order derivatives for data from a Weibull regression model. Is called by weibreg.

Usage

wfunk(beta = NULL, lambda, p, X = NULL, Y, offset = rep(0, length(Y)),
ord = 2, pfixed = FALSE)

Arguments

beta
Regression parameters
lambda
The scale paramater
p
The shape parameter
X
The design (covariate) matrix.
Y
The response, a survival object.
offset
Offset.
ord
ord = 0 means only loglihood, 1 means score vector as well, 2 loglihood, score and hessian.
pfixed
Logical, if TRUE the shape parameter is regarded as a known constant in the calculations, meaning that it is not cosidered in the partial derivatives.

Value

  • A list with components
  • fThe log likelihood. Present if ord >= 0
  • fpThe score vector. Present if ord >= 1
  • fppThe negative of the hessian. Present if ord >= 2

Details

Note that the function returns log likelihood, score vector and minus hessian, i.e. the observed information. The model is $$h(t; p, \lambda, \beta, z) = p / \lambda (t / \lambda)^{(p-1)}\exp{(-( t / \lambda)^p}) \exp(z\beta)$$ This is in correspondence with dweibull.

See Also

weibreg