### iSQoL2 Version 7.1 (2025-11-24)
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### ..OutDir: The output directory of the additional functions    
###           Default folder denoted "" is "./Documents/.iSQoL2/"         
### ..GraphType: File format for saving output plots.             
###              1(png), 2(jpg), 3(jpeg), 4(tif), 5(tiff), 6(pdf), 
###              7(wmf), 8(emf), 9(bmp), 10(ps), 11(eps)         
### ..Xlab: x-axis label of all plots   
### ..ConvertToCsv: TRUE (Convert *.rds to *.csv), FALSE                          
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..OutDir = 'C:/Users/user/Documents/.iSQoL2'
..GraphType = 1
..Xlab = "Time in months" 
..ConvertToCsv = FALSE

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### ..OneWindow = 0 (Use multiple graphics devices to display different plots            
###                  while you execute the major function.)                              
###               1 (Use single graphics device to display different plots.)             
###             => Suggest that the value is set to 1 for running on multiple data sets. 
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..OneWindow = 1

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### *** Parameters used only for the estimation of LE ***              
### ..SMethod: Method for estimating survival function from onset to the follow-up. 
###            = 1 (Kaplan-meier, default value)                                    
###            = 2 (Weibull model)                                                  
### ..n.knots: The number of knots for the restricted cubic spline(RCS) model. Default=5 
### ..FirstN.Sdel: The data from the first ..FirstN.Sdel time points are excluded 
###                for the first step of modeling the transformation of W(t).
### ..TransformType: Transformation for the ratio of the index's survival to the reference's survival
###                  = 1 (Default is logit transformation)
###                  = 2 (-log -log transformation)
### ..SepHRef: The parameter is for estimating the hazard function(h_H(t)) of the healthy reference group,
###                         and available only for ..HRefSel=2 (iSQoL2 version >=6.0).
###                         Where h_H(t)=h_G(t) - (DM + k*SD).
###                               DM and SD are the average and standard deviation of 
###                               the difference[h_G(t)-h_I(t), t=(F-..SepHRef+1), ..., F] of hazard 
###                               between the general reference and index group, respectively.
###                         - ..SepHRef: Number of time points used to estimate DM and SD. Default value is 36 months.
### ..SetNoIPTW_S = TRUE (Forcefully set all weights to 1 for all observations), FALSE (Depends on data file settings)
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..SMethod = 1   
..n.knots = 5
..FirstN.Sdel = 6
..TransformType = 1
..SepHRef = 36
..SetNoIPTW_S = FALSE

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### *** Parameters used only for the estimation of COST ***   
### ..SetNoIPTW_C = TRUE (Forcefully set all weights to 1 for all observations), FALSE (Depends on data file settings)
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..SetNoIPTW_C = FALSE

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### *** Parameters used for LE/COST/QALE ***                          
### ..DiscountFromT: The starting time for discounting LE/COST/QALE.           
###                  The value is -1 or an integer greater than 0.             
###                  = -1 (Default is -1 for t = (Fs + 1), where Fs is   
###                        the maximum follow-up of survival data)             
###                  =  t (discount from t-th month. t is a positive integer.) 
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..DiscountFromT = -1   

