initParm.pscCFM {psc}R Documentation

Fucntion for estimating initial parameter values

Description

Fucntion for estimating initial parameter values

Usage

## S3 method for class 'pscCFM'
initParm(CFM, DC_clean, trt = NULL)

Arguments

CFM

A counter-factual model

DC_clean

a cleaned dataset obsect obtained using dataComb.flexsurvreg

trt

An optional additional vector denoting treatment allocations for multiple treatment comparisons. Defaults to 'NULL'

Details

This function takes the liklihood for a 'flexsurvreg' model and uses 'optim' to fit the likelihood.

Value

an 'optim' output giving the parameter values to be supplied as a starting value for the mcmc routine.


[Package psc version 1.3.0 Index]