partial {polle}

Trim Number of Stages

Description

partial creates a partial policy data object by trimming the maximum number of stages in the policy data object to a fixed given number.

Usage

partial(object, K)

Arguments

object

Object of class policy_data.

K

Maximum number of stages.

Value

Object of class policy_data.

Examples

library("polle")
### Multiple stage case
d <- sim_multi_stage(5e2, seed = 1)
# constructing policy_data object:
pd <- policy_data(data = d$stage_data,
                   baseline_data = d$baseline_data,
                   type = "long",
                   id = "id",
                   stage = "stage",
                   event = "event",
                   action = "A",
                   utility = "U")
pd
# Creating a partial policy data object with 3 stages
pd3 <- partial(pd, K = 3)
pd3