Merge pull request #240 from Merck/235-release-simtrial-040

Update news for simtrial 0.4.0

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Package: simtrial
 Type: Package
 Title: Clinical Trial Simulation
-Version: 0.3.2.14
+Version: 0.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Keaven", "Anderson", email = "[email protected]", role = c("aut")),
-    person("Yilong", "Zhang", email = "[email protected]", role =  c("aut")),
     person("Yujie", "Zhao", email = "[email protected]", role =  c("ctb","cre")),
+    person("John", "Blischak", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Nan", "Xiao", role = c("ctb")),
+    person("Yilong", "Zhang", role =  c("aut")),
     person("Jianxiao", "Yang", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Lili", "Ling", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Xintong", "Li", role = c("ctb")),
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Heng", "Zhou", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Amin", "Shirazi", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Cole", "Manschot", role = c("ctb")),
-    person("John", "Blischak", role = c("ctb")),
     person("Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA and its affiliates", role = "cph")
     )
 Description: Provides some basic routines for simulating a

NEWS.md

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+# simtrial 0.4.0
+
+## New features
+
+- `rmst()` introduces the RMST test (#188, thanks, @LittleBeannie).
+- `milestone()` introduces the milestone test
+  (#199, #204, #211, #237, thanks, @LittleBeannie).
+- `sim_gs_n()` provides an experimental implementation for fixed sample size
+  group sequential design simulation, with unit tests upcoming
+  (#195, #201, #208, #212, thanks, @LittleBeannie and @jdblischak).
+- `create_cut()` allows users to create custom interim and final
+  analyses cuttings based on their specific requirements
+  (#201, #221, thanks, @jdblischak).
+- `create_test()` enables users to create various testing approaches for
+  interim and final analyses (#215, #221, thanks, @jdblischak).
+- `multitest()` gives users the option to perform multiple tests on a
+  simulated dataset (#215, thanks, @jdblischak).
+  Note: This function is still experimental and may be improved in
+  future releases, as it was created prior to the standardization of
+  test functions in #227.
+- Test outputs (logrank, weighted logrank, RMST, milestone, MaxCombo) are now
+  unified as a list including method, parameter, estimate, se, z-value, and
+  p-value (#227, thanks, @LittleBeannie).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Fixed incorrect weights generated by `early_zero()` under stratified designs
+  (#233, thanks, @LittleBeannie).
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Enhanced documentation for `get_analysis_date()` (#186, thanks, @LittleBeannie).
+
+## Dependency
+
+- Removed dependency on the bshazard package as it was archived by CRAN
+  (#234, thanks, @nanxstats).
+
 # simtrial 0.3.2
 
 This release makes minor improvements on auxiliary code with side-effects.