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eventInterval (version 1.3)

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.

Examples

Run this code
 event_times<-c(1,3,5,5,7,9,10,10,10,12)
 get_intervals(event_times)

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