Optionaloptions: {Optionalcause?: string | numberCause of interest for cause-specific Cox (other events treated as censored).
Optionalcensor?: ArrayLike<number | null | undefined>Optionalcluster?: ArrayLike<string | number | null | undefined>Optionalconfidence?: numberOptionaleventType?: ArrayLike<string | number | null | undefined>Competing-risk cause labels per row; used with cause.
Optionalfrailty?: {Optionalbands?: ArrayLike<string | number>Piecewise time bands (per row); shared gamma frailty estimated within each band×group.
Optionaldistribution?: "gamma"Optionalprocess?: "piecewise" | "ar1"piecewise (default) or AR(1) shrinkage across ordered bands.
OptionalmaxIter?: numberOptionalnames?: string[]Optionalstart?: ArrayLike<number | null | undefined>Optionalstrata?: ArrayLike<string | number | null | undefined>
Cox proportional hazards (Breslow ties).
censor: 0 = event, 1 = right-censoredstart: optional counting-process left endpoint → risk set is (start, stop]strata: stratified baselines, shared βfrailty: { group }: shared gamma frailty (EM / penalized offset)cluster: cluster-robust (sandwich) SE from score residualseventType+cause: cause-specific competing risks (other events censored)