Rdistance (version 3.0.0)

simple.expansion: Calculate simple polynomial expansion for detection function likelihoods

Description

Computes simple polynomial expansion terms used in the likelihood of a distance analysis. More generally, will compute polynomial expansions of any numeric vector.

Usage

simple.expansion(x, expansions)

Value

A matrix of size length(x) X expansions. The columns of this matrix are the Hermite polynomial expansions of x. Column 1 is the first expansion term of x, column 2 is the second expansion term of x, and so on up to expansions.

Arguments

x

In a distance analysis, x is a numeric vector of the proportion of a strip transect's half-width at which a group of individuals were sighted. If \(w\) is the strip transect half-width or maximum sighting distance, and \(d\) is the perpendicular off-transect distance to a sighted group (\(d\leq w\)), x is usually \(d/w\). More generally, x is a vector of numeric values

expansions

A scalar specifying the number of expansion terms to compute. Must be one of the integers 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Details

The polynomials computed here are:

• First term: $$h_1(x)=x^4,$$

• Second term: $$h_2(x)=x^6,$$

• Third term: $$h_3(x)=x^8,$$

• Fourth term: $$h_4(x)=x^10,$$

The maximum number of expansion terms computed is 4.

See Also

dfuncEstim, cosine.expansion, hermite.expansion, and the discussion of user defined likelihoods in dfuncEstim.

Examples

set.seed(883839)
  x <- rnorm(1000) * 100
  x <- x[ 0 < x & x < 100 ]
  simp.expn <- simple.expansion(x, 4)