cosine.expansion: calculation of cosine expansion for detection function likelihoods
Description
Computes the cosine expansion terms used in the likelihood of a distance analysis.
More generally, will compute a cosine expansion of any numeric vector.
Usage
cosine.expansion(x, expansions)
Arguments
x
In a distance analysis, x is a numeric vector of the proportion of a strip transect's half-width
at which a group of individuals were sighted. If \(w\) is the strip transect half-width or maximum sighting
distance, and \(d\) is the perpendicular off-transect distance to a sighted group (\(d\leq w\)),
x is usually \(d/w\). More generally, x is a vector of numeric values
expansions
A scalar specifying the number of expansion terms to compute. Must be one of the
integers 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Value
A matrix of size length(x) X expansions. The columns of this matrix are the cosine expansions of
x. Column 1 is the first expansion term of x, column 2 is the second expansion term of x, and so on
up to expansions.
Details
There are, in general, several expansions that can be called cosine. The cosine expansion used here is:
First term: $$h_1(x)=\cos(2\pi x),$$
Second term: $$h_2(x)=\cos(3\pi x),$$
Third term: $$h_3(x)=\cos(4\pi x),$$
Fourth term: $$h_4(x)=\cos(5\pi x),$$
Fifth term: $$h_5(x)=\cos(6\pi x),$$
The maximum number of expansion terms computed is 5.