GenTag (version 1.0)

genseq: Color tag combination generator

Description

Create sequences of color tags for animal identification.

Usage

genseq(ncombinations = 100, ntag = 4, colorsname, gen_method = "allequal", 
usedcombinations = NA, colorsf = NA, nspecial = 0, name1 = "Metal", name2 = "EMPTY", 
location1 = 1, location2 = 2, nspecial1 = 1, nspecial2 = 1, emptyused = FALSE, 
emptyname = "EMPTY", currentyear = NA, yearsurvival = 1, lifespan = NA, iotf = FALSE, 
yearusedcombinations = NA, speed = 1, ignorecolor = NA, 
g1 = NA, g2 = NA, g3 = NA, g4 = NA, g5 = NA, g6 = NA, parameterslist = NA)

Arguments

ncombinations

Number of combinations to be generated.

ntag

Number of tag to be used in each animal.

colorsname

Names/Code of color tags to be sample.

gen_method

method used for sample colors for tag sequence.

usedcombinations

Pre used combinations.

colorsf

Frequencies/ratio for color sample.

nspecial

Number of special tags/codes, such as metallic, "EMPTY", or flag (min 0, max 2).

name1

Name of special tag 1.

name2

Name of special tag 2.

location1

Position (or group of positions) to special band 1.

location2

Position (or group of positions) to special band 2.

nspecial1

Number of special tag 1 that will be present in all sequences genetated.

nspecial2

Number of special tag 2 that will be present in all sequences genetated.

emptyused

If pre-used combination has code for empty set as TRUE, otherwise FALSE

emptyname

Code used to define empty code.

currentyear

Current year.

yearsurvival

An estimation of the proportion of animals that survive between years.

lifespan

Combinations older the lifespan will be automatically disregard.

iotf

Ignore older than lifespan. If TRUE ignore pre-used combinations older than lifespan

yearusedcombinations

The year in which the combination was used.

speed

Speed for color frequency adjustment.

ignorecolor

Color to be ignored on lifexp.

g1

Group of tags from group 1. For example, in a code of 6 colors for bird tag, tags from 1 to 3 belongs to the left leg, and tags from 1 to 3 belongs to the right. g1 must to address the left leg, and g2 must to address right leg. Thus: "g1=1:3" and "g2=4:6".

g2

Group of tags from group 2. For example, in a code of 6 colors for bird tag, tags from 1 to 3 belongs to the left leg, and tags from 1 to 3 belongs to the right. g1 must to address the left leg, and g2 must to address right leg. Thus: "g1=1:3" and "g2=4:6".

g3

Group of tags from group 3.

g4

Group of tags from group 4.

g5

Group of tags from group 5.

g6

Group of tags from group 6.

parameterslist

parameters for methods not provide by 'GenTag'

Value

A list of combinations

See Also

allequal vfrequency lifexp

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Create an object contain the name/code of tag colors 
tcol<-c("Black","Blue","Brown","Gray","Green","Pink","Purple","Red","White","Yellow")
# Generate color tag combination without especial tags
genseq(30, 4, colorsname= tcol) 
#Generate color tag combination with especial color (ex metallic tag for numeric identification)
genseq(30, 4, tcol, nspecial=1, name1="Metal", location1=c(2,4)) 
# For ongoing works, use the argument usedcombinations to informe the previus used combinations
data(pre_used) # Data example
genseq(30, 4, colorsname= tcol, usedcombinations=pre_used[,1:4]) 
combinations<-genseq(100, 4, tcol) # save combinations into an object
# }