rvmises: The circular-von Mises distribution

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Description

Random generation for the the circular von Mises-based distribution with concentration kappa

Usage

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  rvmises(n, kappa = 1, nu = NULL)

Arguments

n

The number of angles desired

kappa

The concentration parameter of the distribution

nu

An alternative to kappa; circular variance

Details

The circular von Mises-based distribution has the density

C_\mathrm{M}(r|κ)=\frac{1}{2π \mathrm{I_0}(κ)}e^{κ\cos(r)}

.

Value

S3 rvmises object; a vector of n angles following the von Mises Circular distribution with concentration kappa and mean/mode 0

Examples

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r<-rvmises(20,0.01)

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