intccr (version 1.0.0)

naive_b: Initial values for the sieve maximum likelihood estimation

Description

The function naive_b provides a vector of initial values for the B-spline sieve maximum likelihood estimation.

Usage

naive_b(data, v, u, c, q)

Arguments

data

data frame to be used.

v

the last observation time prior to the failure.

u

the first observation time after the failure.

c

an indicator of cause of failure. If observation is righ-censored, event = 0; otherwise, event = 1 or 2, where 1 represents the first cause of failure, and 2 represents the second cause of failure. The current version of package only allows for two causes of failure.

q

a dimension of design matrix.

Value

Initial values of B-spline estimation

b

a vector of the initial values to be used in the optimization process

Details

The function naive_b provides initial values for the optimization procedure.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
attach(simdat)
intccr:::naive_b(data = simdat, v = v, u = u, c = c, q = 2)

# }