raw2tact {heR.Activities}R Documentation

Convert Raw Time-Activity Data to a Multiple Time-Activity Object

Description

Convert raw activity pattern data containing beginning and ending times and multiple sets of time-activity event codes for multiple individuals to a multiple time-activity object.

Usage

raw2tact(index, tbeg, tend, events, hhmm = TRUE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

index vector containing identifying labels unique to each individual
tbeg vector containing beginning times
tend vector containing ending times
events list containing sets of event vectors
hhmm logical, interpret times in HHMM 24-hour clocktime or not
verbose logical, output information on each individual during processing or not

Details

`tbeg' is the beginning time vector; `tend' is the ending time vector; and `events' is a list of sets of event tags/codes. `index' is the grouping variable vector taking on a different value for each different individual. Times, the index, and event sets must have identical lengths.

if `hhmm=TRUE' (the default), then the beginning and ending times are interpreted as 24-hour HHMM clocktime format, where HH = 0 to 23 hours and MM = 0 to 59 minutes. Otherwise the the times are in arbitrary units of continuous time.

Important: Events for each individual are assumed to be sorted in increasing time for `hhmm=TRUE'. The raw times are only sorted when `hhmm=FALSE', i.e., for continous elapsed time input, since "2312" could occur after "0012" if events fall on different days.

For gaps in a time series, i.e., when some tbeg's besides the first one do not fall immediately after a tend, event elements with NA values are inserted.

Value

A multiple time-activity object

Author(s)

Neil Klepeis

See Also

tact, mtact, raw2tact


[Package heR.Activities version 0.0.4 Index]