estCs

matrix of sums of number of eaten prey species s during occurrence t; rows indexed by time, and cols indexed by prey species, TxS

Xdst

matrix sum of number of caught prey species s during occurrence t; rows indexed by time, and cols indexed by prey species, TxS

vector of predators caught in each time period

vector of number of days all traps were left out in a given time period

boolean; whether or not EM algorithm is used

integer specifying max number of EM iterations

boolean; whether or not data are BALANCED


estimates parameters from hypothesis lambda_s = c_s * gamma_s


Fits and simulates data from our predator preferences model, <DOI:10.1007/s10651-016-0341-3>.