Pick a random state according to a vector of probabilities
Primarily an internal function for make.simmap.
rstate(y)
y |
vector of probabilities. Must have names & should probably add to |
This function picks a random element in a vector according to the probability assigned that element. It returns the name. Uses rmultinom.
A character or string.
Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu
Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.
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