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msm (version 0.5.2)

transient.msm: Transient and absorbing states

Description

Returns the transient and absorbing states of either a fitted model or a transition intensity matrix.

Usage

transient.msm(x=NULL, qmatrix=NULL)
absorbing.msm(x=NULL, qmatrix=NULL)

Arguments

x
A fitted multi-state model as returned by msm.
qmatrix
A transition intensity matrix. The diagonal is ignored and taken to be minus the sum of the rest of the row.

Value

  • A vector of the ordinal indices of the transient or absorbing states.