Forms and fills list of animals groups based on provided constraints

Forms and fills list of animals groups based on provided constraints

Usage

fillGroupMembers(
  candidates,
  currentGroups,
  kin,
  ped,
  harem,
  minAge,
  numGp,
  sexRatio
)

Arguments

candidates

character vector of IDs of the animals available for use in the group.

currentGroups

list of character vectors of IDs of animals currently assigned to the group. Defaults to character(0) assuming no groups are existent.

kin

list of animals and those animals who are related above a threshold value.

ped

dataframe that is the Pedigree. It contains pedigree information including the IDs listed in candidates.

harem

logical variable when set to TRUE, the formed groups have a single male at least minAge old.

minAge

integer value indicating the minimum age to consider in group formation. Pairwise kinships involving an animal of this age or younger will be ignored. Default is 1 year.

numGp

integer value indicating the number of groups that should be formed from the list of IDs. Default is 1.

sexRatio

numeric value indicating the ratio of females to males x (from 0.5 to 20 by increments of 0.5 within the accompanying Shiny application. A sex ratio of 0 ignores sex in making up groups.

Value

A list of animal groups and their member animals