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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'MSCA: Unsupervised Clustering of Multiple Censored Time-to-Event Endpoints'
version: 1.4.0
abstract: 'Provides basic tools and wrapper functions for computing clusters of instances
  described by multiple time-to-event censored endpoints. From long-format datasets,
  where one instance is described by one or more dated records, the main function,
  `make_state_matrices()`, creates state matrices. Based on these matrices, optimised
  procedures using the Jaccard distance between instances enable the construction
  of longitudinal typologies. The package is under active development, with additional
  tools for graphical representation of typologies planned. For methodological details,
  see our accompanying paper: `Delord M, Douiri A (2025) <https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02476-7>`.'
authors:
- family-names: Delord
  given-names: Marc
  email: mdelord@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-6749
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: 2f8bcbe6c59f51582be4499b8793e3cf89bdee90
date-released: '2026-09-28'
contact:
- family-names: Delord
  given-names: Marc
  email: mdelord@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-6749