R: Estimate Probability Vectors From Count Vectors

estimate.probability {philentropy} | R Documentation

## Estimate Probability Vectors From Count Vectors

### Description

This function takes a numeric count vector and returns estimated probabilities of the corresponding counts.

The following probability estimation methods are implemented in this function:

- `method = "empirical"` : generates the relative frequency of the data `x/sum(x)`.

### Usage

    estimate.probability(x, method = "empirical")

### Arguments

`x` | a numeric vector storing count values.
`method` | a character string specifying the estimation method tht should be used to estimate probabilities from input counts.

### Value

a numeric probability vector.

### Author(s)

Hajk-Georg Drost

### Examples

    # generate a count vector
    x <- runif(100)

    # generate a probability vector from corresponding counts
    # method = "empirical"
    x.prob <- estimate.probability(x, method = "empirical")

[Package philentropy version 0.4.0 Index]