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moveHMM (version 1.11)

rvm: Sample from von Mises distribution

Description

Sample from von Mises distribution

Usage

rvm(n, mu, kappa)

Value

Vector of n samples from vm(mu, kappa)

Arguments

n

Number of samples

mu

Mean parameter

kappa

Concentration parameter

Details

Uses basic rejection sampling, based on dvm(), which might be inefficient for large kappa. Could be improved following Best & Fisher (1979), Efficient simulation of the von Mises distribution, JRSSC, 28(2), 152-157.