Is this what you want:
set.seed(1001)
# Raw data in long format --
raw <- data.frame(name=c("f1","f1","f1","f1","f2","f2","f2","f2"),
year=c(83, 84, 85, 86, 83, 84, 85, 86),
state=sample(1:3, 8, replace=TRUE)
)
# Shift to wide format --
fixedup <- reshape(raw, timevar="year", idvar="name", v.names="state",
direction="wide")
trans <- as.matrix(fixedup)
result <- NULL
for (i in 2:(ncol(trans) - 1)){
result <- rbind(result, cbind(name=trans[,1], prev=trans[,i],
next=trans[,i+1]))
}
result
markov <- table(try$prev.state, try$new.state)
On 1/21/06, Ajay Narottam Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I am holding a dataset where firms are observed for a fixed (and
> small) set of years. The data is in "long" format - one record for one
> firm for one point in time. A state variable is observed (a factor).
>
> I wish to make a markov transition matrix about the time-series
> evolution of that state variable. The code below does this. But it's
> hardcoded to the specific years that I observe. How might one
> generalise this and make a general function which does this? :-)
>
> -ans.
>
>
>
> set.seed(1001)
>
> # Raw data in long format --
> raw <- data.frame(name=c("f1","f1","f1","f1","f2","f2","f2","f2"),
> year=c(83, 84, 85, 86, 83, 84, 85, 86),
> state=sample(1:3, 8, replace=TRUE)
> )
> # Shift to wide format --
> fixedup <- reshape(raw, timevar="year", idvar="name", v.names="state",
> direction="wide")
> # Now tediously build up records for an intermediate data structure
> try <- rbind(
> data.frame(prev=fixedup$state.83, new=fixedup$state.84),
> data.frame(prev=fixedup$state.84, new=fixedup$state.85),
> data.frame(prev=fixedup$state.85, new=fixedup$state.86)
> )
> # This is a bad method because it is hardcoded to the specific values
> # of "year".
> markov <- table(destination$prev.state, destination$new.state)
>
> --
> Ajay Shah
> http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com
> <*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer.
>
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