使用样本列表作为模板从较大的列表中进行采样而不进行环绕

时间:2012-05-03 20:16:17

标签: r sampling

如果我有一个字母矢量:

> all <- letters
> all
[1] "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s" "t" "u" "v" "w" "x" "y" "z"

然后我用字母定义参考样本如下:

> refSample <- c("j","l","m","s")

其中元素之间的间距是2(第1到第2),1(第2到第3)和第6(第3到第4),我怎样才能从{{1}中选择 n 样本它的元素与all之间有相同的非环绕间距?例如,refSample"a","c","d","j"将是有效样本,但"q" "s" "t" "z""a","c","d","k"不会。前者在第3个元素和最后一个元素之间的索引差异为7(而不是6),而后者具有正确的间距但是环绕。

其次,如何对此进行参数化,以便无论使用"r" "t" "u" "a",我都可以使用它的间距作为模板?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

这是一个简单的方法 -

all <- letters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
refSample <- c("j","l","m","s")                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               


pick_matches <- function(n, ref, full) {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  iref <- match(ref,full)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  spaces <- diff(iref)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  tot_space <- sum(spaces)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  max_start <- length(full)  - tot_space                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  starts <- sample(1:max_start, n, replace = TRUE)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  return( sapply( starts, function(s) full[ cumsum(c(s, spaces)) ] ) )                                                                                                                                                                                                        
}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

> set.seed(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> pick_matches(5, refSample, all) # each COLUMN is a desired sample vector                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
      [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 [1,] "e"  "g"  "j"  "p"  "d"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 [2,] "g"  "i"  "l"  "r"  "f"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 [3,] "h"  "j"  "m"  "s"  "g"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 [4,] "n"  "p"  "s"  "y"  "m"