spOccupancy (version 0.8.0)

predict.msPGOcc: Function for prediction at new locations for multi-species occupancy models

Description

The function predict collects posterior predictive samples for a set of new locations given an object of class `msPGOcc`. Prediction is possible for both the latent occupancy state as well as detection.

Usage

# S3 method for msPGOcc
predict(object, X.0, ignore.RE = FALSE, type = 'occupancy', ...)

Value

A list object of class predict.msPGOcc. When type = 'occupancy', the list consists of:

psi.0.samples

a three-dimensional array of posterior predictive samples for the latent occurrence probability values.

z.0.samples

a three-dimensional array of posterior predictive samples for the latent occurrence values.

When type = 'detection', the list consists of:

p.0.samples

a three-dimensional array of posterior predictive samples for the detection probability values.

The return object will include additional objects used for standard extractor functions.

Arguments

object

an object of class msPGOcc

X.0

the design matrix of covariates at the prediction locations. This should include a column of 1s for the intercept if an intercept is included in the model. If random effects are included in the occupancy (or detection if type = 'detection') portion of the model, the levels of the random effects at the new locations should be included as a column in the design matrix. The ordering of the levels should match the ordering used to fit the data in msPGOcc. Columns should correspond to the order of how covariates were specified in the corresponding formula argument of msPGOcc. Column names of the random effects must match the name of the random effects, if specified in the corresponding formula argument of msPGOcc.

ignore.RE

a logical value indicating whether to include unstructured random effects for prediction. If TRUE, random effects will be ignored and prediction will only use the fixed effects. If FALSE, random effects will be included in the prediction for both observed and unobserved levels of the random effect.

...

currently no additional arguments

type

a quoted keyword indicating what type of prediction to produce. Valid keywords are 'occupancy' to predict latent occupancy probability and latent occupancy values (this is the default), or 'detection' to predict detection probability given new values of detection covariates.

Author

Jeffrey W. Doser ,
Andrew O. Finley

Examples

set.seed(400)
J.x <- 8
J.y <- 8
J <- J.x * J.y
n.rep<- sample(2:4, size = J, replace = TRUE)
N <- 6
# Community-level covariate effects
# Occurrence
beta.mean <- c(0.2, 0.5)
p.occ <- length(beta.mean)
tau.sq.beta <- c(0.6, 0.3)
# Detection
alpha.mean <- c(0.5, 0.2, -0.1)
tau.sq.alpha <- c(0.2, 0.3, 1)
p.det <- length(alpha.mean)
# Draw species-level effects from community means.
beta <- matrix(NA, nrow = N, ncol = p.occ)
alpha <- matrix(NA, nrow = N, ncol = p.det)
for (i in 1:p.occ) {
  beta[, i] <- rnorm(N, beta.mean[i], sqrt(tau.sq.beta[i]))
}
for (i in 1:p.det) {
  alpha[, i] <- rnorm(N, alpha.mean[i], sqrt(tau.sq.alpha[i]))
}

dat <- simMsOcc(J.x = J.x, J.y = J.y, n.rep = n.rep, N = N, beta = beta, alpha = alpha,
                sp = FALSE)
n.samples <- 5000
# Split into fitting and prediction data set
pred.indx <- sample(1:J, round(J * .25), replace = FALSE)
y <- dat$y[, -pred.indx, ]
# Occupancy covariates
X <- dat$X[-pred.indx, ]
# Detection covariates
X.p <- dat$X.p[-pred.indx, , ]
# Prediction values
X.0 <- dat$X[pred.indx, ]
psi.0 <- dat$psi[, pred.indx]
# Package all data into a list
occ.covs <- X[, 2, drop = FALSE]
colnames(occ.covs) <- c('occ.cov')
det.covs <- list(det.cov.1 = X.p[, , 2], 
                 det.cov.2 = X.p[, , 3])
data.list <- list(y = y, 
                  occ.covs = occ.covs,
                  det.covs = det.covs)

# Occupancy initial values
prior.list <- list(beta.comm.normal = list(mean = 0, var = 2.72), 
                   alpha.comm.normal = list(mean = 0, var = 2.72), 
                   tau.sq.beta.ig = list(a = 0.1, b = 0.1), 
                   tau.sq.alpha.ig = list(a = 0.1, b = 0.1))
# Initial values
inits.list <- list(alpha.comm = 0, 
                   beta.comm = 0, 
                   beta = 0, 
                   alpha = 0,
                   tau.sq.beta = 1, 
                   tau.sq.alpha = 1, 
                   z = apply(y, c(1, 2), max, na.rm = TRUE))
# Note that this is just a test case and more iterations/chains may need to 
# be run to ensure convergence.
out <- msPGOcc(occ.formula = ~ occ.cov, 
               det.formula = ~ det.cov.1 + det.cov.2, 
               data = data.list, 
               inits = inits.list, 
               n.samples = n.samples, 
               priors = prior.list, 
               n.omp.threads = 1, 
               verbose = TRUE, 
               n.report = 1000, 
               n.burn = 4000)

summary(out, level = 'community')

# Predict at new locations ------------------------------------------------
out.pred <- predict(out, X.0)