5 Simulation study: accuracy of Gaussian quadrature

In this Chapter I will present the first, small simulation study I run during my first year, on accuracy on Gaussian quadrature methods. The aim of this simulation study is two-fold: assessing the accuracy of Gaussian quadrature using available analytical formulae as a control method, and assessing the accuracy of Gaussian quadrature when analytical formulae are not available (and therefore quadrature is indeed required). I presented part of this work as an oral presentation at the 2017 Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers conference; more details in Chapter 10 and slides available in Appendix C.1.