LinkComponent

LinkComponent

Usage

LinkComponent(stan, prior, key, ...)

Arguments

stan

(StanModule) Stan code. See Details.

prior

(Prior) The prior for the scaling coeficient.

key

(character) Link identifier. See Details.

...

additional arguments for StanModel().

Value

A LinkComponent object.

Details

This object provides key information needed to construct a link contribution in the survival model based on the parameters of the longitudinal model.

Each link component defines a stan function of the longitudinal model parameters which is multiplied by a model coefficient and added to the survival models hazard function.

For full details about the specification of a LinkComponent please see vignette("extending-jmpost", package = "jmpost").

Slots

stan

(StanModule)
See Arguments.

name

(character)
See Arguments.

parameters

(ParameterList)
The parameter specification.

See also

Other LinkComponent: as.StanModule.LinkComponent(), as.list.LinkComponent(), getParameters(), initialValues()

Examples

LinkComponent(
  stan = StanModule(),
  prior = prior_normal(0, 1),
  key = "custom_link"
)
#> 
#> LinkComponent with parameter:
#>     custom_link ~ normal(mu = 0, sigma = 1)
#>