create initial block structure

create initial block structure

Usage

.initialize.blocks(df, covlist, changePointsList, basetrans)

Arguments

df

The standardized input dataframe

covlist

A character vector; contains all covariate variables as existing after standardization

changePointsList

List of integer vectors to indicted change points for dynamic time constants

basetrans

A character vector containing base (reference) transition events, each in the form "X->Y"