SurvS4-class              package:VGAM              R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_S_u_r_v_S_4"

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     S4 version of the Surv class.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     A virtual Class: No objects may be created from it.

_E_x_t_e_n_d_s:

     Class '"Surv"', directly. Class '"matrix"', directly. Class
     '"oldClass"', by class "Surv", distance 2. Class '"structure"', by
     class "matrix", distance 2. Class '"array"', by class "matrix",
     distance 2. Class '"vector"', by class "matrix", distance 3, with
     explicit coerce. Class '"vector"', by class "matrix", distance 4,
     with explicit coerce.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     _p_r_i_n_t 'signature(x = "SurvS4")': ... 

     _s_h_o_w 'signature(object = "SurvS4")': ... 

_W_a_r_n_i_n_g:

     This code has not been thoroughly tested.

_N_o_t_e:

     The purpose of having 'Surv' in 'VGAM' is so that the same input
     can be fed into 'vglm' as functions in 'survival' such as
     'survreg'.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Thomas W. Yee.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     See 'survival'.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Surv'.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     showClass("SurvS4")

