selection_for_area: selection_for_area
In sms: Spatial Microsimulation

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

Make a single selection of individual records for a census area.

1	selection_for_area(inpanel, area_census, inlexicon)

`inpanel`	The panel dataset
`area_census`	A census area
`inlexicon`	A data lexicon showing the variable associations.

Select a number of individual records from panel dataset, to represent a census description of an area.

list A list of results (#areaid, #selection, #error)

Dimitris Kavroudakis dimitris123@gmail.com

library(sms)
data(survey) #load the data
data(census)
in.lexicon=createLexicon() # Create a data lexicon for holding the associated column names.
in.lexicon=addDataAssociation(in.lexicon, c("he","he"))
in.lexicon=addDataAssociation(in.lexicon, c("females","female"))

# Select the first area from the census table
this_area=as.data.frame(census[1,]) 

#make a representation for this area.
sel=selection_for_area(survey, this_area, in.lexicon) 

print(sel) #print the representation