mfp2
Multivariable Fractional Polynomial Models with Extensions
Edwin Kipruto, Michael Kammer, Patrick Royston, Willi Sauerbrei
Last update: 14 November 2023
Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0
Software version identifier: 1.0.0
Multivariable fractional polynomial algorithm simultaneously selects variables and functional forms in both generalized linear models and Cox proportional hazard models. Key references for this algorithm are Royston and Altman (1994)<doi:10.2307/2986270> and Sauerbrei and Royston (2008, ISBN:978-0-470-02842-1). In addition, it can model a 'sigmoid' relationship between variable x and an outcome variable y using the approximate cumulative distribution transformation proposed by Royston (2014) <doi:10.1177/1536867X1401400206>. This feature distinguishes it from a standard fractional polynomial function, which lacks the ability to achieve such modeling.
