| meltt.taxonomy {meltt} | R Documentation |
Handling of taxonomy inputs [Auxiliary Function].
Description
Auxiliary function that maps secondary taxonomies onto the input data and transforms the taxonomies into a numerical matrices.
Usage
meltt.taxonomy(data, taxonomies)
Arguments
data |
object of class data.frame. |
taxonomies |
object of class list, containing data.frames of input taxonomies for secondary matching criteria. |
Details
meltt.taxonomy maps the user-created taxonomies onto the input data, and converts the taxonomy to a numerical matrix. The taxonomies are used as secondary criteria in the matching procedure.
Value
Returns a numerical matrix that contains all data indices, date/enddate, longitude/latitude, and taxonomies.
Author(s)
Karsten Donnay and Eric Dunford.
References
Karsten Donnay, Eric T. Dunford, Erin C. McGrath, David Backer, David E. Cunningham. (2018). "Integrating Conflict Event Data." Journal of Conflict Resolution.