Survey.Design-class: S4 Class "Survey.Design"

In DSsim: Distance Sampling Simulations

Description

Virtual Class "Survey.Design"

Details

Virtual Class "Survey.Design" is an S4 class detailing the survey design. Currently only line transect designs are implemented and transects from these designs must be generated using the Distance software in advance.

Slots

design.axis

Object of class "numeric"; the angle of the design axis.

spacing

Object of class "numeric"; the spacing of the design.

region.obj

Object of class "character"; The name of the region which the survey design has been made for.

plus.sampling

Object of class "logical"; Whether a plus sampling protocol is to be used.

path

Object of class "character"; Describing the folder where the shapefiles containing the transects are located.

filenames

Object of class "character"; stores the filenames of the transect shapefiles. These are automatically added when the object is created using all the files in the specified path.

file.index

Object of class "numeric"; Keeps track of which shapefile is to be loaded.

See Also

make.design

DSsim documentation built on March 26, 2020, 7:39 p.m.