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Illustration of the splitting process of the time scale of age, which allows for piecewise-constant intensities for a transition from state 2 to state 3. Transition intensities are evaluated at the left limit of each subinterval. W is age at the exact time of transition from state 1 to state 2. AN is age at the end of follow-up.
