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interval (version 1.1-0.0)

icfitControl: Auxiliary for controling icfit

Description

A function to create a list of arguments for icfit.

Usage

icfitControl(epsilon = 1e-06, maxit = 10000, initfitOpts=NULL, conf.level=.95, B=200, 
    confMethod="modboot",seed=19439101, timeEpsilon=1e-06, timeMessage=TRUE)

Arguments

epsilon
The minimum error for convergence purposes. The EM algorithm stops when error $
maxit
maximum number of iterations of the EM algorithm
initfitOpts
named list of options for initfit function if initfit is function name
conf.level
level for confidence interval, used if conf.int=TRUE
B
number of bootstrap replications for conf.int=TRUE, must be at least 11
confMethod
method for confidence intervals, must be "modboot"
seed
random seed for bootstrap, if NULL no call to set.seed
timeEpsilon
small number for adding or subtracting from time for drawing confidence interval lines
timeMessage
logical, print estimate of how long modified bootstrap confidence intervals will take to calculate?

Value

  • An list with the arguments as components.

Details

There is only one option for the confMethod now. The confMethod argument is only needed for future versions if there is another confidence interval method option. For a description of the modified bootstrap method see icfit.

References

Gentleman, R. and Geyer, C.J. (1994). Maximum likelihood for interval censored data:consistency and computation. Biometrika, 81, 618-623.