image.krige.bayes {geoR} | R Documentation

## Plots Results of the Predictive Distribution

### Description

This function produces an image or perspective plot of a selected element of the predictive distribution returned by the function `krige.bayes`.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'krige.bayes':
    image(x, locations, borders,
                      values.to.plot=c("mean", "variance",
                                "mean.simulations", "variance.simulations",
                                "quantiles", "probabilities", "simulation"),
                      number.col, coords.data, x.leg, y.leg, messages, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'krige.bayes':
    contour(x, locations, borders,
                      values.to.plot = c("mean", "variance",
                           "mean.simulations", "variance.simulations",
                           "quantiles", "probabilities", "simulation"),
                      number.col, coords.data, x.leg, y.leg, messages, ...)
    ## S3 method for class 'krige.bayes':
    persp(x, locations, borders,
                      values.to.plot=c("mean", "variance",
                           "mean.simulations", "variance.simulations",
                           "quantiles", "probabilities", "simulation"),
                      number.col, messages, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | an object of the class `krige.bayes`, typically an output of the function `krige.bayes`.
`locations` | an n x 2 matrix with the coordinates of the prediction locations, which should define a regular grid in order to be plotted by `image` or `persp`. By default does not need to be provided and evaluates the attribute "prediction.locations" from the input object.
`borders` | an n x 2 matrix with the coordinates defining the borders of a region inside the grid defined by `locations`. Elements in the argument `values` are assigned to locations internal to the borders and `NA`'s to the external ones.
`values.to.plot` | select the element of the predictive distribution to be plotted. See DETAILS below.
`number.col` | Specifies the number of the column to be plotted. Only used if previous argument is set to one of `"quantiles"`, `"probabilities"` or `"simulation"`.
`coords.data` | optional. If an n x 2 matrix with the data coordinates is provided, points indicating the data locations are included in the plot.
`x.leg, y.leg` | limits for the legend in the horizontal and vertical directions.
`messages` | logical, if TRUE status messages are printed while running the function.
`...` | extra arguments to be passed to the plotting function `image` or `persp`.

### Details

The function `krige.bayes` returns summaries and other results about the predictive distributions. The argument `values.to.plot` specifies which result will be plotted. It can be passed to the function in two different forms:

- a vector with the object containing the values to be plotted, or
- one of the following options: `"moments.mean"`, `"moments.variance"`, `"mean.simulations"`, `"variance.simulations"`, `"quantiles"`, `"probability"` or `"simulation"`.

For the last three options, if the results are stored in matrices, a column number must be provided using the argument `number.col`.

The documentation for the function `krige.bayes` provides further details about these options.

### Value

An `image` or `persp` plot is produced on the current graphics device. No values are returned.

### Author(s)

Paulo J. Ribeiro Jr. Paulo.Ribeiro@est.ufpr.br,
Peter J. Diggle p.diggle@lancaster.ac.uk.

### References

Further information on the package geoR can be found at:
http://www.est.ufpr.br/geoR.

### See Also

`krige.bayes` for Bayesian Kriging computations and, `image` and `persp` for the generic plotting functions.

### Examples

    #See examples in the documentation for the function krige.bayes().

[Package geoR version 1.5-7 Index]