apply-methods: Apply functions over 'IntervalMatrix' margins

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Apply functions over IntervalMatrix margins

Description

This function allows to apply a function over the rows or columns of an interval-valued matrix.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'IntervalMatrix'
apply(X, MARGIN, FUN)

Arguments

X	A matrix of interval-valued data stored as an IntervalMatrix object.
MARGIN	A single numeric value giving the direction which the function will be applied over. In this case, only two different options are allowed: 1: The function will be applied by rows. 2: The function will be applied by columns.
FUN	The function to be applied over the selected interval-valued matrix margins.

Value

This function returns the numeric vector or the list of interval-valued data attained by applying the selected function to the specified margin (rows or columns) of an interval-valued matrix. Therefore, this function always returns either a numeric or either an IntervalList object, respectively.

Author(s)

José García-García [e-mail]

Examples

## Some apply() examples
## IntervalMatrix definition
m <- IntervalMatrix(matrix(c(0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 4, 9), 2, 4))
## Calculate sample Aumann means by rows and columns
## These code lines return IntervalList objects
apply(m, 1, mean)
apply(m, 2, mean)
## Calculate sample Fréchet variance by rows and columns
## These code lines return numeric vectors
apply(m, 1, var)
apply(m, 2, var)

IntervalQuestionStat documentation built on Nov. 1, 2022, 5:06 p.m.