mergeSubpops {ConnMatTools}

Merge subpopulations

Description

This function tries to merge random subopoulations, checking if the result is a better soluton to the minimization problem.

Usage

mergeSubpops(subpops.lst, conn.mat, beta)

Arguments

subpops.lst

A list whose elements are vectors of indices for each subpopulation. See subpopsVectorToList.

conn.mat

A square connectivity matrix. This matrix has typically been normalized and made symmetric prior to using this function.

beta

Controls degree of splitting of connectivity matrix, with larger values generating more subpopulations.

Value

List of the same format as subpops.lst, but with potentially fewer subpopulations.

Author(s)

David M. Kaplan [e-mail]

References

Jacobi, M. N., Andre, C., Doos, K., and Jonsson, P. R. 2012. Identification of subpopulations from connectivity matrices. Ecography, 35: 1004-1016.

See Also

See also optimalSplitConnMat,