Variational Approximation for Joint Survival and Marker Models

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Documentation for package ‘VAJointSurv’ version 0.1.0

• DESCRIPTION file.
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bs_term	Term for a B-Spline Basis for Polynomial Splines
joint_ms_format	Formats the Parameter Vector
joint_ms_hess	Computes the Hessian
joint_ms_lb	Evaluates the Lower Bound or the Gradient of the Lower Bound
joint_ms_lb_gr	Evaluates the Lower Bound or the Gradient of the Lower Bound
joint_ms_opt	Optimizes the Lower Bound
joint_ms_profile	Approximate Likelihood Ratio based Confidence Intervals
joint_ms_ptr	Creates a joint_ms Object to Estimate a Joint Survival and Marker Model
joint_ms_set_vcov	Sets the Covariance Parameters
joint_ms_start_val	Quick Heuristic for the Starting Values
joint_ms_va_par	Extracts the Variational Parameters
marker_term	Creates Data for One Type of Marker
ns_term	Term for a Basis Matrix for Natural Cubic Splines
plot_marker	Plots a Markers Mean Curve with Pointwise Quantiles
plot_surv	Plots Quantiles of the Conditional Hazards
poly_term	Term for Orthogonal Polynomials
stacked_term	Term for a Basis Matrix for of Different Types of Terms
surv_term	Creates Data for One Type of Survival Outcome
VAJointSurv-terms	Expansions in the VAJointSurv package
weighted_term	Term for a Basis Matrix for Weighted Term