Detailed information on the BITE software, instalation, syntax, the data and the output can be found in the Bite manual.

Short description

Features available in BITE at the moment:

• Hierarchical structure of the intensity model
• Estimation of baseline hazard on real line
• Incorporation of covariates either in multiplicative or additive form
• Frailty component
• Estimation of various posterior expectations

Input data as separate text files

• response (point process) data containing individual’s entry and exit time as well as type of response (event, censoring)
• covariates of three types: start points such as birth times, scalars such as gender, time-dependent covariates

Core elements of model specification

• Separate file with the model description using BITE syntax
• Simulation limits and data files to load
• Specification of prior, initializing model functions
• Saving Monte Carlo chain
• Intensity model
• Graphical output