model {
for (i in 1:N) {
for (j in 1:M) {
# Survival times
censored[i,j] ~ dinterval(t[i,j], t.cen[i,j]);
t[i,j] ~ dweib(r,mu[i,j]);
log(mu[i,j]) <- alpha + beta.age*age[i,j]
+ beta.sex*sex[i]
+ beta.disease[disease[i]] + b[i];
}
# Random effects:
b[i] ~ dnorm(0.0, tau)
}
# Priors:
alpha ~ dnorm(0.0, 0.0001);
beta.age ~ dnorm(0.0, 0.0001);
beta.sex ~ dnorm(0.0, 0.0001);
beta.disease[1] <- 0; # corner-point constraint
for(k in 2:4) {
beta.disease[k] ~ dnorm(0.0, 0.0001);
}
tau ~ dgamma(1.0E-3, 1.0E-3);
r ~ dgamma(1.0, 1.0E-3);
sigma <- 1/sqrt(tau); # s.d. of random effects
}