emplikHs.test2 {emplik} | R Documentation |
Two sample empirical likelihood ratio test for hazards with right censored, left truncated data. Many constraints.
Description
Use empirical likelihood ratio and Wilks theorem to test the null hypothesis that
where is the (unknown) cumulative
hazard functions;
can be any predictable
functions of
.
is a vector of parameters (dim=q).
The given value of
in these computation are the value to be tested.
The data can be right censored and left truncated.
When the given constants is too far
away from the NPMLE, there will be no hazard function satisfy this
constraint and the -2 Log empirical likelihood ratio
will be infinite. In this case the computation will stop.
Usage
emplikHs.test2(x1, d1, y1= -Inf, x2, d2, y2 = -Inf,
theta, fun1, fun2, maxit=25,tola = 1e-7,itertrace =FALSE)
Arguments
x1 |
a vector of length n1, the observed survival times, sample 1. |
d1 |
a vector, the censoring indicators, 1-uncensor; 0-censor. |
y1 |
optional vector, the left truncation times. |
x2 |
a vector of length n2, the observed survival times, sample 2. |
d2 |
a vector, the censoring indicators, 1-uncensor; 0-censor. |
y2 |
optional vector, the left truncation times. |
fun1 |
a predictable function used to calculate
the weighted discrete hazard to form the null hypothesis |
fun2 |
Ditto. but for length n2 |
tola |
an optional positive real number, the tolerance of iteration error in solve the non-linear equation needed in constrained maximization. |
theta |
a given vector of length q. for Ho constraint. |
maxit |
integer, maximum number of Newton-Raphson type iterations. |
itertrace |
Logocal, if the results of each iteration needs to be printed. |
Details
The log likelihood been maximized is the Poisson likelihood:
where is the jump
of the cumulative hazard function at
(for first sample),
is the number of failures
observed at
,
is
the number of subjects at risk at
time
. Dido for sample two.
For (proper) discrete distributions, the jump size of the cumulative hazard at the last jump is always 1. So, in the likelihood ratio, it cancels. But the last jump of size 1 still matter when computing the constraint.
The constants theta
must be inside the so called
feasible region for the computation to continue. This is similar to the
requirement that in testing the value of the mean, the value must be
inside the convex hull of the observations.
It is always true that the NPMLE values are feasible. So when the
computation stops, try move the theta
closer
to the NPMLE, which we print out first thing in this function,
even when other later computations do not go.
When the computation stops, the -2LLR should have value
infinite.
This function uses the llog etc. function, so sometimes it may produce different result from the one sample result. which use the regular log function. The advantage is that we avoid the possible log(0) situation.
You can also use this function for one sample problems. You need to artificially supply data for sample two of minimal size (like size 2q+2), and specify a fun2() that ALWAYS return 0's (zero vector, with length=n2 vector length, or zero matrix, with dim n2 x q as the input). Then, look for -2LLR(sample1) in the output.
Value
A list with the following components:
"-2LLR" |
The -2Log empirical Likelihood ratio. |
lambda |
the final value of the Lagrange multiplier. |
"-2LLR(sample1)" |
The -2Log empirical likelihood ratio for sample one only. Useful in one sample problems. |
"Llog(sample1)" |
The numerator only of the above "-2LLR(sample1)", without -2. |
Author(s)
Mai Zhou
References
Zhou and Fang (2001). “Empirical likelihood ratio for 2 sample problems for censored data”. Tech Report, Univ. of Kentucky, Dept of Statistics
See Also
emplikH2.test
Examples
if(require("boot", quietly = TRUE)) {
####library(boot)
data(channing)
ymale <- channing[1:97,2]
dmale <- channing[1:97,5]
xmale <- channing[1:97,3]
yfemale <- channing[98:462,2]
dfemale <- channing[98:462,5]
xfemale <- channing[98:462,3]
fun1 <- function(x) { as.numeric(x <= 960) }
########################################################
fun2 <- function(x){ cbind(as.numeric(x <= 960), as.numeric(x <= 860))}
############ fun2 has matrix output ###############
emplikHs.test2(x1=xfemale, d1=dfemale, y1=yfemale,
x2=xmale, d2=dmale, y2=ymale, theta=c(0,0), fun1=fun2, fun2=fun2)
}
#############################################
###################### Second example:
if(require("KMsurv", quietly = TRUE)) {
####library(KMsurv)
data(kidney)
### these functions counts the risk set size, so delta=1 always ###
temp1 <- Wdataclean3(z=kidney$time[kidney[,3]==1], d=rep(1,43) )
temp2 <- DnR(x=temp1$value, d=temp1$dd, w=temp1$weight)
TIME <- temp2$times
RISK <- temp2$n.risk
fR1 <- approxfun(x=TIME, y=RISK, method="constant", yright=0, rule=2, f=1)
temp1 <- Wdataclean3(z=kidney$time[kidney[,3]==2], d=rep(1,76) )
temp2 <- DnR(x=temp1$value, d=temp1$dd, w=temp1$weight)
TIME <- temp2$times
RISK <- temp2$n.risk
fR2 <- approxfun(x=TIME, y=RISK, method="constant", yright=0, rule=2, f=1)
### the weight function for two sample Gehan-Wilcoxon type test ###
fun <- function(t){ fR1(t)*fR2(t)/((76*43)*sqrt(119/(76*43)) )}
### Here comes the test: ###
emplikHs.test2(x1=kidney[kidney[,3]==1,1],d1=kidney[kidney[,3]==1,2],
x2=kidney[kidney[,3]==2,1],d2=kidney[kidney[,3]==2,2],
theta=0, fun1= fun, fun2=fun)
### The results should include this ###
#$"-2LLR"
#[1] 0.002473070
#
#$lambda
#[1] -0.1713749
#######################################
######### the weight function for log-rank test #####
funlogrank <- function(t){sqrt(119/(76*43))*fR1(t)*fR2(t)/(fR1(t)+fR2(t))}
##### Now the log-rank test ###
emplikHs.test2(x1=kidney[kidney[,3]==1,1],d1=kidney[kidney[,3]==1,2],
x2=kidney[kidney[,3]==2,1],d2=kidney[kidney[,3]==2,2],
theta=0, fun1=funlogrank, fun2=funlogrank)
##### The result of log rank test should include this ###
#
#$"-2LLR"
#[1] 2.655808
#
#$lambda
#[1] 3.568833
#######################################################
###### the weight function for both type test ####
funBOTH <- function(t) {
cbind(sqrt(119/(76*43))*fR1(t)*fR2(t)/(fR1(t)+fR2(t)),
fR1(t)*fR2(t)/((76*43)*sqrt(119/(76*43)))) }
#### The test that combine both tests ###
emplikHs.test2(x1=kidney[kidney$type==1,1],d1=kidney[kidney$type==1,2],
x2=kidney[kidney$type==2,1],d2=kidney[kidney$type==2,2],
theta=c(0,0), fun1=funBOTH, fun2=funBOTH)
#### the result should include this ###
#
#$"-2LLR"
#[1] 13.25476
#
#$lambda
#[1] 14.80228 -21.86733
##########################################
}