--- a +++ b/man/FromDataSimParam-class.Rd @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand +% Please edit documentation in R/fromDataSimParam.R +\docType{class} +\name{FromDataSimParam-class} +\alias{FromDataSimParam-class} +\alias{FromDataSimParam.class} +\title{An S4 class containing the function required +to simulate conditional survival times} +\description{ +An S4 class containing the function required +to simulate conditional survival times +} +\section{Slots}{ + +\describe{ +\item{\code{type}}{A character string describing the distribution used +for example "Weibull"} + +\item{\code{generateParameterFunction}}{A function with a single parameter Nsim which returns +a matrix with Nsim rows and columns Id(=1:Nsim) and the specific parameters needed by +conditionalFunction below. In the Weibull case these are the specific rate and shape +parameters used for each simulation} + +\item{\code{conditionalFunction}}{A function with the following arguments t.conditional, params, HR. +t.conditional is a vector of current survival times, params is a row of the matrix returned +by generateParameterFunction and HR is a vector of 1s for subjects in control arm and the hazard ratio +for subjects in the active arm (if HR argument to simulate is NULL then this is a vector of 1s). The function +then returns a vector of event times.} + +\item{\code{parameters}}{A list of parameters used for the simulation. For the Weibull this is +rate, shape and sigma (the uncertainty matrix of the parameters - specifically the covariance matrix from survreg)} +}} +