interval (version 1.1-0.7)

initcomputeMLE: functions to calculate initial NPMLE of the distribution

Description

The function icfit calculates the NPMLE of a distribution for interval censored data using an E-M algorithm with polishing and checking the Kuhn-Tucker conditions (see icfit help details). It allows functions for the initfit option in order to calculate the starting value of the distribution in the E-M algorithm. Because icfit checks the Kuhn-Tucker conditions, we can try functions without doing extensive quality control, since if the starting distribution is not close to the true NPMLE the only downside is a slower convergence. But if the initfit function is the true NPMLE then convergence happens on the first iteration. Functions must input 5 objects, L,R, Lin, Rin, and A, but need not use all of them.

Usage

initcomputeMLE(L,R,Lin,Rin,A=NULL,max.inner=10,max.outer=1000,tol=1e-9)
initEMICM(L=NULL,R=NULL,Lin=NULL,Rin=NULL,A=NULL,maxiter=1000,tol=1e-7)

Arguments

L

numeric vector of left endpoints of censoring interval (equivalent to first element of Surv when type='interval2', see icfit details)

R

numeric vector of right endpoints of censoring interval (equivalent to second element of Surv function when type='interval2', see icfit details)

Lin

logical vector, should L be included in the interval? (see icfit details)

Rin

logical vector, should R be included in the interval? (see icfit details)

A

clique matrix

max.inner

see computeMLE

max.outer

see computeMLE

tol

see either computeMLE or EMICM

maxiter

see EMICM

Value

The function initcomputeMLE outputs an icfit object with 'pf' and 'intmap' values and some other values defined in the help for computeMLE.

The function initEMICM outputs an icsurv object with a 'pf' element but no 'intmap' element, in addition to some other values defined in the help for EMICM.

Here we define pf and intmap:

pf

vector of estimated probabilities of the distribution

intmap

2 by k matrix, where the ith column defines an interval corresponding to the probability, pf[i]

Warning

In rare cases the computeMLE function (and hence the initcomputeMLE function) can cause R to crash (at least for version 0.1-3 of the MLEcens package).

Details

In order to work correctly within icfit the function should output a list with at least a 'pf' element giving the estimated mass of the distribution for a series of intervals. Further, if an 'intmap' element is included (describing the series of intervals) it will be used by icfit.

See Also

icfit, computeMLE, EMICM

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## If you want speed and trust the MLEcens package, then there is no need to use icfit at all
## (but the convergence checks in icfit do not take much additional time)
data(bcos)
fit<-initcomputeMLE(bcos$left,bcos$right)
summary(fit)
plot(fit)
# }