Define a Survival Distribution — define

Define a parametric survival distribution.

define_survival(
  distribution = c("exp", "weibull", "weibullPH", "lnorm", "llogis", "gamma",
    "gompertz", "gengamma", "gengamma.orig", "genf", "genf.orig"),
  ...
)

Arguments

distribution	A parametric survival distribution.
...	Additional distribution parameters (see respective distribution help pages).

Value

A surv_dist object.

Examples


define_survival(distribution = "exp", rate = .5)
#> $distribution
#> [1] "exp"
#> 
#> $rate
#> [1] 0.5
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "surv_object" "surv_dist"  
define_survival(distribution = "gompertz", rate = .5, shape = 1)
#> $distribution
#> [1] "gompertz"
#> 
#> $rate
#> [1] 0.5
#> 
#> $shape
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "surv_object" "surv_dist"