Simulate from the Aalen Frailty model

Simulate observations from Aalen Frailty model with Gamma distributed frailty and constant intensity.

simAalenFrailty(
  n = 5000,
  theta = 0.3,
  K = 2,
  beta0 = 1.5,
  beta = 1,
  cens = 1.5,
  cuts = 0,
  ...
)

Arguments

n

Number of observations in each cluster

theta

Dependence paramter (variance of frailty)

K

Number of clusters

beta0

Baseline (intercept)

beta

Effect (log hazard ratio) of covariate

cens

Censoring rate

cuts

time cuts

...

Additional arguments

Author

Klaus K. Holst