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Change-point models for identifying single behavioral transitions in wild animals

September 1, 2023

We present two change-point models for identifying singular changes in movement behavior: a location-based change-point model (LCPM) and a movement metric-based change-point model (MMCPM). This software includes R scripts to: 1) run both the LCPM and MMCPM on telemetry data in a Bayesian hierarchical framework using NIMBLE (mmcpm.R and lcpm.R), 2) generate realistic movement behavior parameters for the simulation study (simulate_data.R), and 3) run both the LCPM and MMCPM on the simulated data (mmcpm_sim.R and lcpm_sim.R).

Publication Year 2023
Title Change-point models for identifying single behavioral transitions in wild animals
DOI 10.5066/P9B2HE47
Authors William D Walter, Frances Buderman, Kathleen Gundermann
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Cooperative Research Units Program
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