get_intervals {eventInterval} | R Documentation |
Calculate the intervals between events
Description
Calculate the intervals between a series of times, spreading out equal times in one unit of time.
Usage
get_intervals(event_times)
Arguments
event_times |
A numeric vector of times of occurrence of events. |
Details
‘get_intervals’ calculates the intervals between the times passed in ‘event_times’, adding increments to spread out times that are exactly the same. This can be a problem when the times are integers, as in days. The spreading out of events avoids zero intervals. The rationale for this is that even if more than event occurred on the same day, it is extremely unlikely that the events occurred at exactly the same time of day. The best estimate of the times of day is a uniform distribution over one day.
Value
a vector of intervals between the vector of times passed
Author(s)
Jim Lemon
Examples
event_times<-c(1,3,5,5,7,9,10,10,10,12)
get_intervals(event_times)
[Package eventInterval version 1.3 Index]