Re: [R] transition matrix problem

2003-03-03 Thread Thomas W Blackwell
Nick - Ask yourself what happens in min(as.integer(names(cump[rand<(cump*100)]))) when the random number happens to be larger than the first entry in the relevant column of p.trans. How many elements in the comparison are true ? In that case, I think you are taking the minimum of zero elements

[R] transition matrix problem

2003-03-03 Thread Nick Bond
I'm having trouble using some fairly simple code to change the entries in a vector (x - the numbers 0-5) according to a simple transition matrix that I've called p.dry. the error message I get is "no finite arguments to min; returning Inf" Any suggestions as to where I'm going wrong greatly a