NEWS file for the coxphw package

CHANGES coxphw VERSION 4.0.3 (2023-10-31, compiled under R 4.3.1)

• changes in coxohw.f90, removed Visual Fortran comments

• delete licence file, spell checking, add link to git, etc.

CHANGES coxphw VERSION 4.0.2 (2020-06-16, compiled under R 4.0.1)

• add testthat

• add information on the sample size in print and summary

• only observations with missing values in variables mentioned in the formula are deleted.

• add option clusterid in coxphw

CHANGES coxphw VERSION 4.0.1 (2018-04-16, compiled under R 3.4.4)

• citation and JSS example code is updated due to JSS publication 2018

CHANGES in coxphw VERSION 4.0.0 (2015-12-30, compiled under R 3.2.2)

• plotshape function replaced by predict.coxphw and plot.coxphw.predict, print.coxhpw.predict added.

• coxphw.control with arguments iter.max, maxhs, xconv, gconv, maxstep, round.times.to, add.constant, pc, pc.time, normalize, and fp.iter is added.

• coxphw renamed argument print into verbose. maxit is now renamed as iter.max as in the survival package. Usage of * in the formula of coxphw is now consistent to other R packages like lm. Variable names with dots and underlines also work now. offset argument was moved to formula.

• plotw function is now renamed to plot.coxphw.

• linear.predictors in coxphw were corrected if coxphw.control(pc = TRUE).

• Issue with factors in coxphw is solved.

• Issue in coxph in survival (simultaneous use of tt and cluster) is solved.

CHANGES in coxphw VERSION 3.0.0 (2014-03-15, compiled under R 3.0.3)

• All fp-transformation functions are declared as internal functions.

• Add concordance probability to summary.

• Add functions: coef, concord, plotshape, wald.

• Include data: gastric and biofeedback.

• Appearance of plotw plots is slightly changed.

• Input is simplified: instead of the options AHR, AHR.norobust, ARE, and PH, templates are used now.