meltt (version 0.4.3)

tplot: Temporal distribution of meltt output data.

Description

tplot provides a histogram of integrated data that plots the temporal distribution of duplicate and unique entries

Usage

tplot(object, time_unit = "months", free_scale = TRUE)

Value

Returns a histogram plot where the y-axis is a frequency capturing the total number of events for that time period, and the x-axis is time.

Arguments

object

object of class meltt.

time_unit

character specifying the temporal bin: "days", "weeks", "months", and "years". Default = "months".

free_scale

boolean if duplicates should be presented on a different scale from unique entries. A free scale makes it easier to assess the number of duplicate entries and from which input data they emerge, given that there can be relatively few at times. Default = TRUE.

Author

Karsten Donnay and Eric Dunford.

Details

tplot generates a temporal histogram that identifies unique entries after duplicates are removed and a reverse temporal histogram charting the distribution of duplicate entries. The function provides a concise summary of the integration output across the input time period presented in a relevant unit.

References

Karsten Donnay, Eric T. Dunford, Erin C. McGrath, David Backer, David E. Cunningham. (2018). "Integrating Conflict Event Data." Journal of Conflict Resolution.

See Also

meltt, mplot

Examples

# \donttest{
data(crashMD)
output = meltt(crash_data1, crash_data2, crash_data3,
                      taxonomies = crash_taxonomies, twindow = 1, spatwindow = 3)

# Free scale
tplot(output, time_unit = "days")

# Relative scale
tplot(output, time_unit = "days", free_scale = FALSE)
# }