Generate random distance matrices

Usage

rdists(N, names, scale = 100)

Arguments

N: Number of locations.
names: Names of locations.
scale: Scale of the distance matrices. Default is 100.

Value

List of signed distances.

Details

This function generates random distance matrices using rnorm. scale controls the scale of the distance matrices.

Examples

set.seed(123)
rdists(3)
#> $h
#>           loc1      loc2     loc3
#> loc1   0.00000  33.54875 268.2444
#> loc2  33.54875   0.00000 239.0565
#> loc3 268.24442 239.05652   0.0000
#> 
#> $h1
#>           loc1      loc2      loc3
#> loc1   0.00000 -33.02982 -211.9184
#> loc2  33.02982   0.00000 -178.8886
#> loc3 211.91840 178.88858    0.0000
#> 
#> $h2
#>            loc1       loc2      loc3
#> loc1   0.000000  -5.877934 -164.4557
#> loc2   5.877934   0.000000 -158.5777
#> loc3 164.455660 158.577725    0.0000
#> 
rdists(3, scale = 1)
#> $h
#>          loc1     loc2     loc3
#> loc1 0.000000 2.401467 1.402200
#> loc2 2.401467 0.000000 1.039848
#> loc3 1.402200 1.039848 0.000000
#> 
#> $h1
#>           loc1      loc2       loc3
#> loc1  0.000000 1.7259774  1.1477691
#> loc2 -1.725977 0.0000000 -0.5782084
#> loc3 -1.147769 0.5782084  0.0000000
#> 
#> $h2
#>           loc1      loc2       loc3
#> loc1 0.0000000 -1.669744 -0.8054758
#> loc2 1.6697438  0.000000  0.8642680
#> loc3 0.8054758 -0.864268  0.0000000
#> 
rdists(3, names = LETTERS[1:3])
#> $h
#>          A        B        C
#> A   0.0000 132.1300 387.3512
#> B 132.1300   0.0000 255.3009
#> C 387.3512 255.3009   0.0000
#> 
#> $h1
#>           A         B        C
#> A   0.00000  29.00887 95.66126
#> B -29.00887   0.00000 66.65239
#> C -95.66126 -66.65239  0.00000
#> 
#> $h2
#>           A         B        C
#> A    0.0000  128.9063 375.3530
#> B -128.9063    0.0000 246.4468
#> C -375.3530 -246.4468   0.0000
#>