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Analyzing Non-proportional Hazards: Use of the MRH Package

Computation 2016-03-02 v1

Abstract

In this manuscript we demonstrate the analysis of right-censored survival outcomes using the MRH package in R. The MRH package implements the multi-resolution hazard (MRH) model, which is a Polya-tree based, Bayesian semi-parametric method for flexible estimation of the hazard rate and covariate effects. The package allows for covariates to be included under the proportional and non-proportional hazards assumption, and for robust estimation of the hazard rate in periods of sparsely observed failures via a "pruning" tool.

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@article{arxiv.1603.00351,
  title  = {Analyzing Non-proportional Hazards: Use of the MRH Package},
  author = {Yolanda Hagar and Vanja Dukic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.00351},
  year   = {2016}
}