RChronoModel (version 0.4)

MultiPhasesGap: Gap/Hiatus between a succession of phases (for phases in temporal order constraint)

Description

This function finds, if it exists, the gap between two successive phases. This gap or hiatus is the longest interval [IntervalInf, IntervalSup] that satisfies : P(Phase1Max < IntervalInf < IntervalSup < Phase2Min | M) = level for each successive phase.

Usage

MultiPhasesGap(data, position_minimum, position_maximum = position_minimum+1, level = 0.95, max_decimal = 0)

Arguments

data

dataframe containing the output of the MCMC algorithm

position_minimum

numeric vector containing the column number corresponding to the minimum of the dates included in each phase

position_maximum

numeric vector containing the column number corresponding to the maximum of the dates included in each phase. By default, position_maximum = position_minimum + 1.

level

probability corresponding to the level of confidence

max_decimal

maximum number of decimal

Value

Returns a matrix of values containing the level of confidence and the endpoints of the gap for each pair of successive phases

Details

For each i, MultiPhasesGap computes the gap interval for the phase defined by its minimum position_minimum[i] and its maximum position_maximum[i]. The default value of position_maximum corresponds to CSV files exported from ChronoModel software.

Examples

  # Data extracted from ChronoModel software
  data(Phases)
  
  # List of the name of the phases 
  names(Phases)
  
  # Stipulating position_maximum
  MultiPhasesGap(Phases, c(4,2), c(5,3))
  
  # In this case, equivalent to 
  MultiPhasesGap(Phases, c(4,2))