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	<longdescription>
		Fast Survival Analysis and Simulation for Clinical Trials //
		Provides fast alternatives to standard survival analysis
		functions in the 'survival' package, together with tools for
		time-to-event trial simulation and sequential analysis. The
		estimation and testing functions cover a single-time-point
		Kaplan-Meier estimator (survfit_fast()), log-rank tests
		including weighted and stratified variants (survdiff_fast()), a
		closed-form hazard ratio estimator based on the Pike-Halley
		Estimator method (coxph_fast()), restricted mean survival time
		(rmst_fast()), window mean survival time (wmst_fast()),
		milestone survival comparison (milestone_fast()), median
		survival time (medsurv_fast()), the max-combo test
		(maxcombo_fast()), the robust modestly-weighted log-rank test
		(rmw_fast()), the weighted Kaplan-Meier (Pepe-Fleming) test
		(wkm_fast()), the average hazard with survival weight
		(ahsw_fast()), and the Kalbfleisch-Prentice average hazard
		ratio (ahr_fast()). The simulation layer generates individual
		patient data (simdata_fast()), performs interim or sequential
		analyses (analysis_fast()), and aggregates operating
		characteristics (simsummary_fast()). A visualization layer
		assembles design-stage scenarios (gen_scenario_fast()) and
		builds analysis-stage Kaplan-Meier curves (kmcurve_fast()),
		each with plot and print methods. All functions are designed
		for repeated evaluation inside large simulation loops, such as
		adaptive sample-size re-estimation, probability-of-success
		calculations, and regional consistency evaluation in multi-
		regional trials. Core computations are implemented in 'C++' via
		'Rcpp' for maximum performance. Methodological background is
		described in Collett (2014, ISBN:9780429196294).
	</longdescription>
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