This function computes the parametric Rao's index of quadratic entropy (Q), a measure of biodiversity that considers the evolutionary distances between species, utilizing parallel computing for enhanced performance. The computation is applied over a moving window across the input data.
paRaoP(
x,
alpha,
window,
dist_m,
na.tolerance,
diag,
debugging,
isfloat,
mfactor,
np,
progBar
)A list of matrices corresponding to the computed Rao's index values. Each matrix in the list
represents the calculations performed over the moving window, with dimensions equal to dim(x).
Matrix or data frame; the input data over which the index calculation is performed.
Numeric; specifies the alpha value for the order of diversity in Hill's Index.
Numeric; half of the side length of the square moving window used in the calculation.
Character; specifies the type of distance metric used in calculations.
Numeric; the threshold proportion of NA values allowed in the moving window. If exceeded, the calculation for that window is skipped. Values range from 0.0 (no tolerance) to 1.0.
Logical; indicates whether the diagonal of the distance matrix should be included in the computation. Typically set to FALSE.
Logical; set to FALSE by default. If TRUE, additional console messages will be displayed for debugging purposes.
Logical; indicates whether the input data values are floating-point numbers.
Integer; multiplication factor in case of input data as float numbers.
Number of processes for parallel computation.
logical. If TRUE a progress bar is shown.
Duccio Rocchini duccio.rocchini@unibo.it, Matteo Marcantonio marcantoniomatteo@gmail.com
paRao for the related non-parallelized function.