EmpiricalHazardDistributionEstimate Method (Double, Int32, Double, SurvivalEstimator, HazardEstimator, HazardTiesMethod)

Estimates an Empirical Hazards distribution considering event times and the outcome of the observed sample at the time of event, plus additional parameters for the hazard estimation.

Namespace: Accord.Statistics.Distributions.Univariate
Assembly: Accord.Statistics (in Accord.Statistics.dll) Version: 3.8.0

Syntax

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public static EmpiricalHazardDistribution Estimate(
	double[] time,
	int[] outcome,
	double[] weights = null,
	SurvivalEstimator survival = SurvivalEstimator.FlemingHarrington,
	HazardEstimator hazard = HazardEstimator.BreslowNelsonAalen,
	HazardTiesMethod ties = HazardTiesMethod.Efron
)

Public Shared Function Estimate ( 
	time As Double(),
	outcome As Integer(),
	Optional weights As Double() = Nothing,
	Optional survival As SurvivalEstimator = SurvivalEstimator.FlemingHarrington,
	Optional hazard As HazardEstimator = HazardEstimator.BreslowNelsonAalen,
	Optional ties As HazardTiesMethod = HazardTiesMethod.Efron
) As EmpiricalHazardDistribution

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Parameters

time: Type: SystemDouble
The time of occurrence for the event.
outcome: Type: SystemInt32
The outcome at the time of event (failure or censored).
weights (Optional): Type: SystemDouble
The weights associated with each event.
survival (Optional): Type: Accord.Statistics.Distributions.UnivariateSurvivalEstimator
The survival estimator to use. Default is FlemingHarrington.
hazard (Optional): Type: Accord.Statistics.Distributions.UnivariateHazardEstimator
The hazard estimator to use. Default is BreslowNelsonAalen.
ties (Optional): Type: Accord.Statistics.Distributions.UnivariateHazardTiesMethod
The method for handling event ties. Default is Efron.

Return Value

Type: EmpiricalHazardDistribution
The EmpiricalHazardDistribution estimated from the given data.

Reference

EmpiricalHazardDistribution Class

Estimate Overload

Accord.Statistics.Distributions.Univariate Namespace