genCompetitorType: genCompetitorType Assigns each competitor a type based upon...

In robiRagan/voteR: Spatial Voting Models in R

Description

Randomly type all competitors in the supoplied dataframe. genCompetitorType is used in conjuction with genIdeals by genCompetitors to generate the characteristics of eac competitor.

Usage

genCompetitorType(
  numCompetitorsGenCompType,
  allHunterGenCompType = FALSE,
  probabilityHunterGenCompType = 1,
  probabilityAggregatorGenCompType = 0,
  probabilityPredatorGenCompType = 0
)

Arguments

numCompetitorsGenCompType	scalar Number of voters
allHunterGenCompType	logical If If FALSE (the default) then the distribution of competitor types is determined by the other parameters in this function. If TRUE then all agents will be of the Humter type and will seek votes by first miving at random. If the move increaes vote share then they continue to move in that directon. If the vote share stays the same or decreases then the competitor randomly selects a move that is between 90 and 270 degrees from the direction of their previous move.
probabilityHunterGenCompType	scalar [0,1] The probability that any given competitor will have the Hunter type.
probabilityAggregatorGenCompType	scalar [0,1] The probability that any given competitor will have the Aggregator type.
probabilityPredatorGenCompType	scalar [0,1] The probability that any given competitor will have the Predator type.

Value

outCompetitorType numCompetitors x 1 A vector of competitor types, one for each competitor.

robiRagan/voteR documentation built on Feb. 27, 2020, 6:48 p.m.