dose: Calculate the dose (value·hours)

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Calculate the dose (value·hours)

Description

This function calculates the dose from a time series. For light, this is equal to the actual definition of light exposure (CIE term luminous exposure). Output will always be provided in value·hours (e.g., for light, lx·hours).

Usage

dose(
  Light.vector,
  Time.vector,
  epoch = "dominant.epoch",
  na.rm = FALSE,
  as.df = FALSE
)

Arguments

Light.vector	Numeric vector containing the light data.
Time.vector	Vector containing the time data. Can be POSIXct, hms, duration, or difftime.
epoch	The epoch at which the data was sampled. Can be either a duration or a string. If it is a string, it needs to be either "dominant.epoch" (the default) for a guess based on the data, or a valid duration string, e.g., "1 day" or "10 sec".
na.rm	Logical. Should missing values (NA) be removed for the calculation? Defaults to FALSE.
as.df	Logical. Should a data frame with be returned? If TRUE, a data frame with a single column named dose will be returned. Defaults to FALSE.

Details

The time series does not have to be regular, however, it will be aggregated to a regular timeseries of the given epoch. Implicit gaps (i.e., no observations), will be converted to NA values (which can be ignored with na.rm = TRUE).

Value

A numeric object as single value, or single column data frame with the dose in value·hours

References

Hartmeyer, S.L., Andersen, M. (2023). Towards a framework for light-dosimetry studies: Quantification metrics. Lighting Research & Technology. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1177/14771535231170500")}

See Also

Other metrics: bright_dark_period(), centroidLE(), disparity_index(), duration_above_threshold(), exponential_moving_average(), frequency_crossing_threshold(), interdaily_stability(), intradaily_variability(), midpointCE(), nvRC(), nvRD(), nvRD_cumulative_response(), period_above_threshold(), pulses_above_threshold(), threshold_for_duration(), timing_above_threshold()

Examples

dose(c(1,1,1,1), lubridate::dhours(c(1:4)), na.rm = TRUE)
#with gaps
dose(c(1,1,1), lubridate::dhours(c(1,3:4)), na.rm = TRUE)
#gaps can be aggregated to a coarser interval, which can be sensibe
#if they are still representative
dose(c(1,1,1), lubridate::dhours(c(1,3:4)), na.rm = TRUE, epoch = "2 hours")

LightLogR documentation built on June 10, 2025, 5:12 p.m.