# Variational Approximation for Joint Survival and Marker Models

## Documentation for package ‘VAJointSurv’ version 0.1.1

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation

## Help Pages

bs_term | Term for a B-Spline Basis for Polynomial Splines
joint_ms_format | Formats the Parameter Vector
joint_ms_hess | Computes the Hessian
joint_ms_lb | Evaluates the Lower Bound or the Gradient of the Lower Bound
joint_ms_lb_gr | Evaluates the Lower Bound or the Gradient of the Lower Bound
joint_ms_opt | Optimizes the Lower Bound
joint_ms_profile | Approximate Likelihood Ratio based Confidence Intervals
joint_ms_ptr | Creates a joint_ms Object to Estimate a Joint Survival and Marker Model
joint_ms_set_vcov | Sets the Covariance Parameters
joint_ms_start_val | Quick Heuristic for the Starting Values
joint_ms_va_par | Extracts the Variational Parameters
marker_term | Creates Data for One Type of Marker
ns_term | Term for a Basis Matrix for Natural Cubic Splines
plot_marker | Plots a Markers Mean Curve with Pointwise Quantiles
plot_surv | Plots Quantiles of the Conditional Hazards
poly_term | Term for Orthogonal Polynomials
stacked_term | Term for a Basis Matrix for of Different Types of Terms
surv_term | Creates Data for One Type of Survival Outcome
VAJointSurv-terms | Expansions in the VAJointSurv package
weighted_term | Term for a Basis Matrix for Weighted Term