Variational Bayesian Analysis of Survival Data

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Documentation for package ‘survregVB’ version 0.0.1

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

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alpha_star	Calculates parameter alpha^* of q^*(b) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.fit' and 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
dnase	Subset of 'rhDNase' from the 'survival' package
elbo	Calculates the variational Bayes convergence criteria, evidence lower bound (ELBO), optimized in 'survregVB.fit'.
elbo_cluster	Calculates the variational Bayes convergence criteria, evidence lower bound (ELBO), optimized in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
eta_star	Calculates parameter eta^* of q^*(sigma^2_{gamma}) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
lambda_star	Calculates parameter lambda^* of q^*(sigma^2_{gamma}) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
lung_cancer	Subset of GSE102287: African American (AA) Patients
mu_star	Calculates parameter mu^* of q^*(beta) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.fit'.
mu_star_cluster	Calculates parameter mu^* of q^*(beta) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
omega_star	Calculates parameter omega^* of q^*(b) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.fit'.
omega_star_cluster	Calculates parameter omega^* of q^*(b) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
print.summary.survregVB	Summary for Variational Bayes log-logistic AFT models.
print.survregVB	Variational Bayes Accelererated Failure Time Survival Model Object
sigma_squared_star	Calculates parameter sigma^{2*}_i of q^*(gamma_i) for i=1,...,K clusters to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
Sigma_star	Calculates parameter Sigma^* of q^*(beta) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.fit'.
Sigma_star_cluster	Calculates parameter Sigma^* of q^*(beta) to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.
simulation_frailty	Simulated data incorporating shared frailty effects to model clustered time-to-event data.
simulation_nofrailty	Simulated data without shared frailty effects to model unclustered time-to-event data.
summary.survregVB	Summary for Variational Bayes log-logistic AFT models.
survregVB	Variational Bayesian Analysis of Survival Data Using a Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Model
survregVB.fit	Variational Bayesian Analysis of Survival Data Using a Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Model
survregVB.frailty.fit	Variational Bayesian Analysis of Correlated Survival Data Using a Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Model
survregVB.object	Variational Bayes Accelererated Failure Time Survival Model Object
tau_star	Calculates parameter tau^*_i of q^*(gamma_i) for i=1,...,K clusters to optimize the evidence based lower bound (ELBO) in 'survregVB.frailty.fit'.