R: Randomizing Data

randomize {NMF} | R Documentation

## Randomizing Data

### Description

`randomize` permutates independently the entries in each column of a matrix-like object, to produce random data that can be used in permutation tests or bootstrap analysis.

### Usage

      randomize(x, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | data to be permutated. It must be an object suitable to be passed to the function `apply`.
`...` | extra arguments passed to the function `sample`.

### Details

In the context of NMF, it may be used to generate random data, whose factorization serves as a reference for selecting a factorization rank, that does not overfit the data.

### Value

a matrix

### Examples

    x <- matrix(1:32, 4, 8)
    randomize(x)
    randomize(x)

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