sample_from {stagedtrees}

Sample from a staged event tree

Description

Generate a random sample from the distribution encoded in a staged event tree object.

Usage

sample_from(object, size = 1, seed = NULL)

Arguments

object

an object of class sevt with fitted probabilities.

size

number of observations to sample.

seed

an object specifying if and how the random number generator should be initialized (‘seeded’). Either NULL or an integer that will be used in a call to set.seed.

Details

It samples size observations according to the transition probabilities (object$prob) in the model.

Value

A data frame containing size observations from the variables in object.

Examples

model <- stages_fbhc(full(PhDArticles, lambda = 1))
sample_from(model, 10)