tileHMM (version 1.0-7)

sampleObs: Sample Observations from Probability Distribution

Description

Draws a sample of given size from a discrete or continuous probability distribution.

Usage

"sampleObs"(dist, size)
"sampleObs"(dist, size)

Arguments

dist

Object of class discDist or tDist. The probability distribution to use.

size

Sample size.

...

Additional arguments.

Value

Vector of sampled values.

See Also

dist

Examples

## sampling from a t distribution
tdist <- new("tDist",mean=0,var=1,df=3)
obs <- sampleObs(tdist,100)

## sampling from a discrete distribution
nucleo <- new("discDist",alpha=c("A","C","G","T"),prob=rep(0.25,times=4))
dna <- sampleObs(nucleo,100)