Research Article

Efficient Algorithms and Implementation of a Semiparametric Joint Model for Longitudinal and Competing Risk Data: With Applications to Massive Biobank Data

Table 1

Runtime comparison between different R packages for joint modeling of a longitudinal and a single event time on the lung health study data.

PackageSemiparametric joint modelsParametric joint models
FastJMjoineR

Baseline hazardUnspecifiedUnspecifiedUnspecifiedUnspecifiedUnspecifiedWeibullB-splineB-splineB-spline
Runtime0.3 min20.4 min1 h 36 min1 h 51 min0.9 min1 min19.8 min43 min

Failed to produce any result due to convergence issue.