randomClickstreams: Generates a List of Clickstreams

In clickstream: Analyzes Clickstreams Based on Markov Chains

Generates a List of Clickstreams

Description

Generates a list of clickstreams by randomly walking through a given transition matrix.

Usage

randomClickstreams(
  states,
  startProbabilities,
  transitionMatrix,
  meanLength,
  n = 100
)

Arguments

states	Names of all possible states.
startProbabilities	Start probabilities for all states.
transitionMatrix	Matrix of transition probabilities.
meanLength	Average length of the click streams.
n	Number of click streams to be generated.

Value

Returns a list of clickstreams.

Author(s)

Michael Scholz [e-mail]

See Also

fitMarkovChain, readClickstreams, print.Clickstreams

Examples

# generate a simple list of click streams
states <- c("a", "b", "c")
startProbabilities <- c(0.2, 0.5, 0.3)
transitionMatrix <- matrix(c(0, 0.4, 0.6, 0.3, 0.1, 0.6, 0.2, 0.8, 0), nrow = 3)
cls <- randomClickstreams(states, startProbabilities, transitionMatrix, meanLength = 5, n = 10)
print(cls)

clickstream documentation built on Sept. 27, 2023, 5:06 p.m.