This method enables simulation of Gaussian process values at any given set of points based on a pre-built funGp model. Check fgpm for information on how to create funGp models.

simulate(object, nsim = 1, seed = NULL, ...)

# S4 method for fgpm
simulate(
object,
nsim = 1,
seed = NULL,
sIn.sm = NULL,
fIn.sm = NULL,
nugget.sm = 0,
detail = "light",
...
)

## Arguments

object an object of class fgpm corresponding to the funGp model from which simulations must be performed. an optional integer indicating the number of samples to produce. Default is 1. an optional value interpreted as an integer, that will be used as argument of set.seed just before simulating the response values. not used. an optional matrix of scalar input coordinates at which the output values should be simulated. Each column is interpreted as a scalar input variable and each row as a coordinate. Either scalar input coordinates (sIn.sm), functional input coordinates (fIn.sm), or both must be provided. an optional list of functional input coordinates at which the output values should be simulated. Each element of the list is interpreted as a functional input variable. Every functional input variable should be provided as a matrix with one curve per row. Either scalar input coordinates (sIn.sm), functional input coordinates (fIn.sm), or both must be provided. an optional number corresponding to a numerical nugget effect. If provided, this number is added to the main diagonal of the simulation covariance matrix in order to prevent numerical instabilities during Cholesky decomposition. A small number in the order of 1e-8 is often enough. Default is 0. an optional character string specifying the extent of information that should be delivered by the method, to be chosen between "light" and "full". Light simulations produce a matrix of simulated output values, with as many rows as requested random samples. Full simulations produce a list with the matrix of simulated output values, along with the predicted mean, standard deviation and limits of the 95% confidence intervals at the simulation points. Default is "light".

## Value

An object containing the data structures linked to simulations. For light simulations, the output will be a matrix with of simulated output values, with as many rows as requested random samples. For full simulations, the output will be a list with the matrix of simulated output values, along with the predicted mean, standard deviation and limits of the 95% confidence intervals at the simulation points.

* plotSims for the simulations plot of a funGp model;

* predict for predictions based on a funGp model;

* plotPreds for the predictions plot of a funGp model.

## Examples

# light simulations _______________________________________________________________________
# building the model
set.seed(100)
n.tr <- 25
sIn <- expand.grid(x1 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.tr)), x2 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.tr)))
fIn <- list(f1 = matrix(runif(n.tr*10), ncol = 10), f2 = matrix(runif(n.tr*22), ncol = 22))
sOut <- fgp_BB3(sIn, fIn, n.tr)
m1 <- fgpm(sIn = sIn, fIn = fIn, sOut = sOut)

# generating input data for simulation
n.sm <- 100
sIn.sm <- as.matrix(expand.grid(x1 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.sm)),
x2 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.sm))))
fIn.sm <- list(f1 = matrix(runif(n.sm*10), ncol = 10), matrix(runif(n.sm*22), ncol = 22))

# making light simulations
m1.sims_l <- simulate(m1, nsim = 10, sIn.sm = sIn.sm, fIn.sm = fIn.sm)

# plotting light simulations
plotSims(m1, m1.sims_l)

# full simulations ________________________________________________________________________
# building the model
set.seed(100)
n.tr <- 25
sIn <- expand.grid(x1 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.tr)), x2 = seq(0,1,length = sqrt(n.tr)))
fIn <- list(f1 = matrix(runif(n.tr*10), ncol = 10), f2 = matrix(runif(n.tr*22), ncol = 22))
sOut <- fgp_BB3(sIn, fIn, n.tr)
m1 <- fgpm(sIn = sIn, fIn = fIn, sOut = sOut)

# making full simulations
m1.sims_f <- simulate(m1, nsim = 10, sIn.sm = sIn.sm, fIn.sm = fIn.sm, detail = "full")

# checking content of the list
summary(m1.sims_f)

# ~R output:~
#         Length Class  Mode
# sims    1000   -none- numeric
# mean     100   -none- numeric
# sd       100   -none- numeric
# lower95  100   -none- numeric
# upper95  100   -none- numeric

# plotting full simulations in full mode
plotSims(m1, m1.sims_f)

# plotting full simulations in light mode
plotSims(m1, m1.sims_f, detail = "light")