Response distribution for a table mixing interval-censored and known-time failures
Source:R/discrete-time-hazard-brms.R
hazard_mixed_family.RdSome failures are known only to have fallen within an interval, others at a
known time. This family fits both kinds in one model. A row where the individual
survived its interval contributes the same amount either way, so only the row
recording the failure differs: an interval-censored failure contributes the
probability of failing somewhere inside the interval, whereas a failure seen at a
known time contributes the density at that recorded time. A per-row flag, passed
to brms through vint(), tells the model which of the two to use, so a single
fit can contain individuals whose failures were recorded as either kind.
Value
A customfamily for use with fit_hazard().