unique_paths {ebmstate}

Find all possible paths until absorption from a given starting state

Description

unique_paths finds all possible sequences of states until absorption when the process has a tree-like structure.

Usage

unique_paths(from_state, tmat)

Arguments

from_state

Initial state.

tmat

A transition matrix describing the states and transitions in the multi-state model, as can be obtained by running transMat. See argument trans in msprep (mstate package) for more detailed information.

Details

This function is used by the function probtrans_by_convolution. It is not meant to be called by the user.

Value

A matrix where each column is a sequence of states taken by the process until absorption. There are as many columns as the number of possible paths until absorption.

Author(s)

Rui Costa

See Also

probtrans_by_convolution; transMat.