get_intervals: Calculate the intervals between events
Description
Calculate the intervals between a series of times, spreading
out equal times in one unit of time.
Usage
get_intervals(event_times)
Arguments
event_times
A numeric vector of times of occurrence of events.
Value
Details
get_intervals calculates the intervals between the times passed
in event_times, adding increments to spread out times that are exactly
the same. This can be a problem when the times are integers, as in days. The
spreading out of events avoids zero intervals. The rationale for this is that
even if more than event occurred on the same day, it is extremely unlikely
that the events occurred at exactly the same time of day. The best estimate
of the times of day is a uniform distribution over one day.