satellite.model {tripEstimation}R Documentation

Function to create a satellite model object for metropolis location sampler

Description

A model to manage likelihood functions, environmental masks and behavioural likelihood functions for pre-derived satellite locations. There are some options for configuration, but this may be considered a template for any given model. The model function exists simply to make the object construction simple.

Arguments

day vector of date-times for each light level
X matrix of pre-derived satellite locations
proposal.x function from object managing X proposals
proposal.z function from object managing Z proposals
mask.x lookup function for X's against masks
mask.z lookup function for Z's against masks
fix.release logical - is the release point known?
fix.recapture logical - is the recapture point known?
start.x ~~Describe start.x here~~
start.z ~~Describe start.z here~~
posn.sigma variance for locations
speed.dist distribution to use for behavioural constraint
speed.mean mean to use for behavioural distribution
speed.sd variance for behavioural distribution

Details

posn.sigma may be a single value for all estimates, or a vector of values for each position estimate.

Note

This function is not completely consistent with its solar counterpart solar.model. These are working functions that are in constant development, but they are structurally simple and may be easily edited as required.

Author(s)

Michael D. Sumner

References

[Argos manual]

See Also

See also solar.model for the counterpart model for solar problems


[Package tripEstimation version 0.0-24 Index]