sampleObs: Sample Observations from Probability Distribution

In tileHMM: Hidden Markov Models for ChIP-on-Chip Analysis

Description

Draws a sample of given size from a discrete or continuous probability distribution.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'discDist,numeric'
sampleObs(dist, size)
## S4 method for signature 'tDist,numeric'
sampleObs(dist, size)

Arguments

dist	Object of class discDist or tDist. The probability distribution to use.
size	Sample size.
...	Additional arguments.

Value

Vector of sampled values.

Author(s)

Peter Humburg

See Also

dist

Examples

## sampling from a t distribution
tdist <- new("tDist",mean=0,var=1,df=3)
obs <- sampleObs(tdist,100)

## sampling from a discrete distribution
nucleo <- new("discDist",alpha=c("A","C","G","T"),prob=rep(0.25,times=4))
dna <- sampleObs(nucleo,100)

tileHMM documentation built on May 30, 2017, 3:41 a.m.