Simulating time-to-event data from parametric distributions, custom distributions, competing risk models and general multi-state models
Computation
2021-10-22 v1 Methodology
Abstract
In this paper I describe some substantial extensions to the survsim command for simulating survival data. survsim can now simulate survival data from a parametric distribution, a custom/user-defined distribution, from a fitted merlin model, from a specified cause-specific hazards competing risks model, or from a specified general multi-state model (with multiple timescales). Left truncation (delayed entry) is now also available for all settings. I illustrate the command with some examples, demonstrating the huge flexibility that can be used to better evaluate statistical methods.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.10414,
title = {Simulating time-to-event data from parametric distributions, custom distributions, competing risk models and general multi-state models},
author = {Michael J. Crowther},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10414},
year = {2021}
}