VecStatGraphs2D (version 1.8)

CircularDispersal: Calculation of the Circular Dispersal of the Azimuths

Description

This function calculates the circular dispersal from a set of input azimuths.

Usage

CircularDispersal(azimuths)

Arguments

azimuths

Vector containing the values of the azimuths

Value

The value circular dispersal of all input azimuths.

Details

One way to get a set of azimuths from X and Y coordinates of the vectors is to use the LoadData function. In the case of uniform distribution, this value is infinite, and with values close to 0, a highly concentrated data distribution is expected.

References

Fisher N.I. (1995) Statistical analysis of circular data. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. Website http://gim.unex.es/VecStatGraphs2D/

See Also

MeanModule, MeanAzimuth, CircularVariance, CircularStandardDeviation, KurtosisAzimuthCoefficient, VonMisesParameter, SkewnessAzimuthCoefficient, AllAzimuthStatistics.

Examples

   FileName<-system.file("data/RectangularData.txt", package="VecStatGraphs2D")
   dat<-LoadData(FileName, Type=2)
   azimuths<-dat[,2]
   CircularDispersal(azimuths)