makeGroupMembers: Convenience function to make the initial groupMembers animal...

Description Usage Arguments Value

View source: R/makeGroupMembers.R

Description

Convenience function to make the initial groupMembers animal list

Usage

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makeGroupMembers(numGp, currentGroups, candidates, ped, harem, minAge)

Arguments

numGp

integer value indicating the number of groups that should be formed from the list of IDs. Default is 1.

currentGroups

list of character vectors of IDs of animals currently assigned to the group. Defaults to character(0) assuming no groups are existent.

candidates

character vector of IDs of the animals available for use in the group.

ped

dataframe that is the 'Pedigree'. It contains pedigree information including the IDs listed in candidates.

harem

logical variable when set to TRUE, the formed groups have a single male at least minAge old.

minAge

integer value indicating the minimum age to consider in group formation. Pairwise kinships involving an animal of this age or younger will be ignored. Default is 1 year.

Value

Initial groupMembers list


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