Simulate a whole dataset

Preliminaries

As a quick summary of each dataset, we will show mean and CoV for all variables, split by country and subsample, and we will show the matrix of correlations.

For this, we define the following function:

summ_fun <- function(ds, grp = c('country', 'subsample', 'loadtype')) {
  grp <- intersect(grp, names(ds));
  v <- setdiff(names(ds), grp);
  
  r <- cor(ds[v]);

  ds <- tibble::add_column(ds, n = 1);
  v <- c('n', v);
  ds <- tidyr::gather(ds, 'property', 'value', !!! rlang::syms(v));
  ds <- dplyr::mutate(
    ds,
    property = factor(
      property,
      levels=v,
      labels=ifelse(v=='n', v, paste0(v, '_mean')),
      ordered = TRUE
    )
  );
  
  grp <- c(grp, 'property');
  ds <- dplyr::group_by(ds, !!! rlang::syms(grp));
  
  summ <- dplyr::summarise(
    ds,
    res = if (property[1] == 'n') sprintf('%.0f', sum(value)) else
      sprintf(
      if(property[1] %in% c('f_mean', 'ip_f_mean')) '%.1f (%.0f)' else '%.0f (%.0f)',
      mean(value), 100*sd(value)/mean(value)),
    .groups = 'drop_last'
  );
  pander::pander(
    tidyr::spread(summ, property, res),
    split.tables = Inf
  );
  
  pander::pander(r)
  
  invisible(summ);
}

compare_with_def <- function(ds, ssd, target = c('mean', 'cov')) {
  target <- match.arg(target);
  
  ds <- dplyr::group_by(ds, country);
  summ <- dplyr::summarise(
    ds,
    f_mean.ach = mean(f),
    f_cov.ach = sd(f) / f_mean.ach,
    E_mean.ach = mean(E),
    E_cov.ach = sd(E) / E_mean.ach,
    rho_mean.ach = mean(rho),
    rho_cov.ach = sd(rho) / rho_mean.ach,
    .groups = 'drop_last'
  );
  
  stopifnot(!anyDuplicated(ssd$country));
  summ <- dplyr::left_join(
    summ,
    dplyr::select(
      dplyr::mutate(ssd, f_cov = f_sd / f_mean, E_cov = E_sd / E_mean, rho_cov = rho_sd / rho_mean), 
      country, f_mean, f_cov, E_mean, E_cov, rho_mean, rho_cov
    ),
    by = 'country'
  );
  
  summ <- tidyr::pivot_longer(
    summ,
    -country,
    names_to = c('gdpname', '.value'),
    names_sep = '_'
  );
  summ <- dplyr::mutate(
    summ,
    gdpname = factor(gdpname, levels = c('f', 'E', 'rho'), ordered = TRUE)
  );

  if (target == 'mean') {
    ggplot(data = summ, aes(mean.ach, mean)) +
      geom_abline(slope = 1, intercept = 0) +
      geom_text(aes(label = country)) +
      geom_point(alpha = 0.5) +
      facet_wrap(vars(gdpname), scales = 'free') +
      theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90));
  } else {
    ggplot(data = summ, aes(cov.ach, cov)) +
      geom_abline(slope = 1, intercept = 0) +
      geom_text(aes(label = country)) +
      geom_point(alpha = 0.5) +
      facet_wrap(vars(gdpname), scales = 'free') +
      theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90));
  }
}

Default dataset

The main function for dataset simulation is simulate_dataset(). It can be called without any further arguments to yield a “default” dataset.

For reproducibility, we will call it with the extra argument random_seed = 12345. This means that we will always generate the same random numbers.

dataset_0 <- simulate_dataset(random_seed = 2345);

summ_fun(dataset_0);

country	subsample	loadtype	n	f_mean	E_mean	rho_mean	E_dyn_u_mean	ip_f_mean	E_dyn_mean	ip_rho_mean
C1	C1	t	1250	26.1 (39)	10858 (19)	436 (11)	10334 (19)	25.0 (33)	11704 (18)	452 (11)
C2	C2	t	1250	26.8 (37)	11573 (20)	423 (10)	10829 (19)	28.2 (33)	12160 (19)	442 (9)
C3	C3	t	1250	31.4 (40)	10356 (22)	443 (11)	10044 (20)	24.2 (37)	11367 (20)	454 (10)
C4	C4	t	1250	25.4 (42)	10822 (22)	405 (10)	10122 (20)	26.0 (37)	11357 (20)	425 (10)

	f	E	rho	E_dyn_u	ip_f	E_dyn	ip_rho
f	1	0.6938	0.332	0.6209	0.7269	0.6518	0.3103
E	0.6938	1	0.5475	0.9033	0.9099	0.9487	0.5694
rho	0.332	0.5475	1	0.5953	0.3754	0.6661	0.9417
E_dyn_u	0.6209	0.9033	0.5953	1	0.8512	0.9416	0.6193
ip_f	0.7269	0.9099	0.3754	0.8512	1	0.883	0.3668
E_dyn	0.6518	0.9487	0.6661	0.9416	0.883	1	0.6984
ip_rho	0.3103	0.5694	0.9417	0.6193	0.3668	0.6984	1

The meaning of the properties in dataset_0 is as follows:

country, subsample: when analysing properties of sawn wood, the timber typically are grouped by country of origin and possibly by further criteria into subsamples for each country. In a call without further specifications, simulate_dataset() returns generic country names “C1”, “C2” etc., and sets the subsample names equal to the country names. Further options for countries and subsamples are explained below.
f: strength of the sawn timber in N/mm² as obtained by destructive testing (tensile strength or bending strength)
E: Modulus of elasticity in N/mm² as obtained by destructive testing in tension or in bending
rho (as from the Greek symbol \(\rho\)): density of a small clear sample cut from the sawn timber, in kg/m³
E_dyn_u: dynamic modulus of the green sawn timber in N/mm²
ip_f: an “indicating property” (IP) for the strength f in N/mm², obtained non-destructively as a function of E_dyn, ip_rho and the total knot area ratio (tKAR) of a knot cluster of length 150mm (knot_tc – not included in the dataset).
- IP for tension strength: \(ip_f = 11.98 + 0.003913 E_{dyn} - 0.04822 ip_\rho - 34.72 * knot_{tc}\)
- IP for bending strength: \(ip_f = 21.67 + 0.004302 E_{dyn} - 0.05366 * ip_\rho - 38.43 knot_{tc}\)
E_dyn: dynamic modulus of the dry sawn timber in N/mm²
ip_rho: density of the whole board in kg/m³, calculated by weighing the board and dividing the weight by the product of the measured dimensions.

All properties except E_dyn_u are to be taken as measured on the dry timber and corrected to a moisture content of 12%.

Customising options

The default dataset created above relies on the following assumptions:

It’s a dataset for tensile strength of spruce (Picea abies).
The correlations are taken from the “full” sample of Holzforschung Austria’s research project SiOSiP (“SImulation-based Optimisation of Sawn tImber Production”, 2014-2017) on Austrian spruce wood.
After log-transforming \(f\), for all variables a normal distribution is assumed.
We create data for 5000 boards, split equally between four subsamples.
The means and standard deviations of \(f\), \(E\) and \(rho\) are based on random values chosen from the range of available reference values.
The reference values for mean and standard deviation of transformed variables (\(f\) in our case) are currently enforced exactly instead of statistically – this has to be improved yet.

All of these assumptions can be modified more or less freely.

Available subsample definitions

For convenience, the WoodSimulatR package contains tables with means and standard deviations for f, E and rho for different countries, obtained in the research projects SiOSiP and GradeWood (Ranta-Maunus, Denzler, and Stapel 2011) or reported in scientific papers (Stapel and van de Kuilen 2014; Rohanová and Nunez 2014). Data from both destructive tension and bending tests are available. Currently, the data is restricted to European spruce (Picea abies, PCAB).

Tensile tests

get_subsample_definitions(loadtype = 't') %>% 
  dplyr::select(-species, -loadtype) %>%
  dplyr::arrange(country) %>%
  pander::pander(split.table = Inf);

project	country	share	f_mean	f_sd	E_mean	E_sd	rho_mean	rho_sd	literature	subsample
siosip	at	1	29.4	11.3	11912	2232	443	42.1	null	at
gradewood	at	1	25.1	10.54	10100	2626	435	52.2	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	at_1
gradewood	ch	1	27.8	12.23	10900	2616	439	52.68	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	ch
gradewood	de	1	32.6	12.06	12100	2541	451	49.61	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	de
gradewood	fi	1	33.2	11.29	11800	2242	445	44.5	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	fi
null	lv	1	30.4	11.55	11700	2808	466	51.26	Stapel et al. (2014)	lv
gradewood	pl	1	28.2	10.72	11600	2668	452	54.24	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	pl
gradewood	ro	1	25.6	10.75	10000	2100	390	31.2	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	ro
gradewood	se	1	27.6	10.49	10200	2346	416	49.92	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	se
gradewood	si	1	34	14.96	12300	2706	442	39.78	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	si
gradewood	sk	1	27.2	10.88	10700	2140	408	36.72	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	sk
gradewood	ua	1	26.7	11.75	10300	2163	392	43.12	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	ua

Bending tests

get_subsample_definitions(loadtype = 'be') %>% 
  dplyr::select(-species, -loadtype) %>%
  dplyr::arrange(country) %>%
  pander::pander(split.table = Inf);

project	country	share	f_mean	f_sd	E_mean	E_sd	rho_mean	rho_sd	literature	subsample
siosip	at	1	41.4	12.7	12294	2636	436	39.9	null	at
gradewood	de	1	41.5	14.11	12100	3146	441	48.51	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	de
gradewood	fr	1	42.9	11.15	11900	2023	440	44	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	fr
gradewood	pl	1	38.5	11.94	11400	2280	440	48.4	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	pl
gradewood	ro	1	35.5	11.01	9600	1824	387	38.7	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	ro
gradewood	se	1	42.5	14.87	11300	2486	435	52.2	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	se
gradewood	se	1	44.8	13.44	12300	2706	435	52.2	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	se_1
gradewood	si	1	43.7	13.11	12000	2400	445	44.5	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	si
gradewood	sk	1	34.8	11.48	10200	2040	415	41.5	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	sk
null	sk	1	41	11.89	12252	2328	434	39.06	Rohanova (2014)	sk_1
gradewood	ua	1	36.2	10.5	10000	1900	389	38.9	Ranta-Maunus et al. (2011)	ua

Simulated dataset with data from specific countries

ssd_c <- get_subsample_definitions(
  country = c('at', 'de', 'fi', 'pl', 'se', 'si', 'sk'),
  loadtype = 't'
);

dataset_c <- simulate_dataset(
  random_seed = 12345,
  n = 5000,
  subsets = ssd_c
);

summ_fun(dataset_c);

country	subsample	loadtype	n	f_mean	E_mean	rho_mean	E_dyn_u_mean	ip_f_mean	E_dyn_mean	ip_rho_mean
at	at	t	714	29.4 (38)	11982 (19)	443 (10)	11184 (18)	29.4 (31)	12678 (17)	459 (9)
de	de	t	715	32.6 (37)	12021 (21)	450 (12)	11266 (20)	29.9 (33)	12811 (19)	464 (11)
fi	fi	t	714	33.2 (34)	11755 (19)	445 (9)	11062 (18)	29.3 (30)	12541 (17)	458 (9)
pl	pl	t	714	28.2 (38)	11573 (23)	451 (12)	10943 (21)	27.6 (37)	12417 (21)	465 (11)
se	se	t	714	27.6 (38)	10239 (23)	415 (12)	9814 (22)	24.0 (38)	11004 (21)	432 (11)
si	si	t	715	34.0 (44)	12352 (22)	442 (9)	11510 (20)	31.1 (35)	13022 (19)	459 (8)
sk	sk	t	714	27.2 (40)	10587 (19)	406 (9)	9946 (18)	25.3 (33)	11194 (18)	425 (9)

	f	E	rho	E_dyn_u	ip_f	E_dyn	ip_rho
f	1	0.7486	0.3253	0.6655	0.7819	0.6867	0.31
E	0.7486	1	0.6452	0.919	0.9217	0.9593	0.6508
rho	0.3253	0.6452	1	0.6738	0.4833	0.7334	0.9474
E_dyn_u	0.6655	0.919	0.6738	1	0.8739	0.9526	0.6865
ip_f	0.7819	0.9217	0.4833	0.8739	1	0.9006	0.4658
E_dyn	0.6867	0.9593	0.7334	0.9526	0.9006	1	0.7525
ip_rho	0.31	0.6508	0.9474	0.6865	0.4658	0.7525	1

Compare achieved means with the defined values. It can be seen that the means of \(f\) are met exactly, while the means of \(E\) and \(rho\) are only met approximately, which is the desideratum when we are dealing with simulation.

compare_with_def(dataset_c, ssd_c, 'm')

Compare achieved coefficients of variation with the defined values. Again, we have undesirable exact values for \(f\).

compare_with_def(dataset_c, ssd_c, 'cov')

Different subsample sizes

ssd_cn <- get_subsample_definitions(
  country = c(at = 1, de = 3, fi = 1.5, pl = 2, se = 3, si = 1, sk = 1),
  loadtype = 't'
);

dataset_cn <- simulate_dataset(
  random_seed = 12345,
  n = 5000,
  subsets = ssd_cn
);

summ_fun(dataset_cn);

country	subsample	loadtype	n	f_mean	E_mean	rho_mean	E_dyn_u_mean	ip_f_mean	E_dyn_mean	ip_rho_mean
at	at	t	400	29.4 (38)	12189 (19)	444 (10)	11320 (18)	30.1 (30)	12815 (17)	460 (9)
de	de	t	1200	32.6 (37)	12102 (21)	451 (11)	11302 (19)	30.2 (33)	12861 (19)	464 (11)
fi	fi	t	600	33.2 (34)	11838 (18)	445 (10)	11116 (18)	29.7 (30)	12600 (17)	459 (9)
pl	pl	t	800	28.2 (38)	11501 (23)	451 (12)	10885 (21)	27.4 (37)	12378 (21)	465 (11)
se	se	t	1200	27.6 (38)	10206 (23)	417 (12)	9769 (22)	23.9 (39)	10989 (22)	432 (11)
si	si	t	400	34.0 (44)	12218 (21)	441 (9)	11326 (19)	30.7 (34)	12801 (19)	457 (9)
sk	sk	t	400	27.2 (40)	10716 (19)	407 (9)	10042 (18)	26.0 (32)	11301 (18)	426 (9)

	f	E	rho	E_dyn_u	ip_f	E_dyn	ip_rho
f	1	0.7386	0.3347	0.6617	0.7733	0.68	0.3249
E	0.7386	1	0.6581	0.9214	0.9231	0.9601	0.6675
rho	0.3347	0.6581	1	0.6852	0.4949	0.7485	0.9523
E_dyn_u	0.6617	0.9214	0.6852	1	0.8715	0.9547	0.6991
ip_f	0.7733	0.9231	0.4949	0.8715	1	0.8985	0.4798
E_dyn	0.68	0.9601	0.7485	0.9547	0.8985	1	0.7673
ip_rho	0.3249	0.6675	0.9523	0.6991	0.4798	0.7673	1

Own specification of means and standard deviations

In a similar manner to the predefined country specifications, we can also define our own. Since Version 0.6.0, we can also used different sample identifier columns (instead of the standard “country” and “subsample”) – for details, check the help on simulate_dataset().

As an example, we define different properties for boards with different cross sections (width and thickness, given in mm).

ssd_custom <- tibble::tribble(
  ~width, ~thickness, ~f_mean, ~f_sd,
      80,     40,      27.5,    9.0,
     140,     40,      29.4,    9.7,
     160,     60,      31.6,    9.3,
     200,     50,      30.2,   11.4, 
     240,     95,      25.5,    4.8,
     250,     40,      25.3,   11.2
);

dataset_custom <- simulate_dataset(
  random_seed = 12345,
  n = 5000,
  subsets = ssd_custom
);

summ_fun(dataset_custom, grp = c('width', 'thickness', 'loadtype'));
#> 
#> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#>  width   thickness   loadtype    n     f_mean       E_mean     rho_mean   E_dyn_u_mean   ip_f_mean   E_dyn_mean   ip_rho_mean 
#> ------- ----------- ---------- ----- ----------- ------------ ---------- -------------- ----------- ------------ -------------
#>   80        40          t       833   27.5 (33)   11647 (16)   439 (9)     10917 (16)    28.4 (27)   12372 (16)     454 (9)   
#> 
#>   140       40          t       834   29.4 (33)   11939 (17)   443 (9)     11208 (16)    29.6 (27)   12671 (16)     458 (9)   
#> 
#>   160       60          t       833   31.6 (29)   12329 (15)   447 (9)     11466 (15)    31.0 (23)   13003 (14)     462 (9)   
#> 
#>   200       50          t       833   30.2 (38)   12052 (17)   444 (9)     11275 (17)    29.9 (28)   12770 (16)     460 (9)   
#> 
#>   240       95          t       834   25.5 (19)   11601 (14)   442 (9)     10904 (15)    27.8 (23)   12347 (14)     458 (8)   
#> 
#>   250       40          t       833   25.3 (44)   11155 (20)   434 (9)     10538 (19)    26.1 (36)   11933 (19)     451 (9)   
#> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#> 
#> 
#> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#>    &nbsp;        f        E       rho     E_dyn_u    ip_f    E_dyn    ip_rho 
#> ------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- --------
#>     **f**        1      0.6879   0.2889   0.5814    0.7254   0.617    0.2602 
#> 
#>     **E**      0.6879     1      0.6334    0.885    0.8914   0.9435   0.6329 
#> 
#>    **rho**     0.2889   0.6334     1       0.639    0.4458   0.7156   0.9301 
#> 
#>  **E_dyn_u**   0.5814   0.885    0.639       1      0.825    0.931    0.6527 
#> 
#>   **ip_f**     0.7254   0.8914   0.4458    0.825      1      0.8701   0.4123 
#> 
#>   **E_dyn**    0.617    0.9435   0.7156    0.931    0.8701     1      0.7361 
#> 
#>  **ip_rho**    0.2602   0.6329   0.9301   0.6527    0.4123   0.7361     1    
#> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Further available options

bending strength simulation
without log-transform
from own data using simbase_covar()

Add simulated values to a dataset

For adding simulated values to a dataset, we first need to establish the relationship between these values and some variables in the dataset.

In WoodSimulatR, relationships are established in the following way:

We determine the covariance matrix and the means of a set of variables, based on some kind of learning dataset. This is done using the function simbase_covar(); the resulting simbase has class “simbase_covar”.
We also have the option to establish different relationships for different subsets of the data, e.g. for different countries of origin. This is done by grouping the dataset accordingly before calling simbase_covar(); the resulting simbase has class “simbase_list”.

For both these options, it is possible to transform the involved variables.

To visualise the result of the simulation, we use scatterplots and define them in the following function:

plot_sim_gdp <- function(ds, simb, simulated_vars, ...) {
  extra_aes <- rlang::enexprs(...);
  ds <- dplyr::rename(ds, f_ref = f, E_ref = E, rho_ref = rho);
  if (!any(simulated_vars %in% names(ds))) ds <- simulate_conditionally(data = ds, simbase = simb);
  ds <- tidyr::pivot_longer(
    data = ds,
    cols = tidyselect::any_of(c('f_ref', 'E_ref', 'rho_ref', simulated_vars)),
    names_to = c('name', '.value'),
    names_sep = '_'
  );
  ds <- dplyr::mutate(
    ds,
    name = factor(name, levels = c('f', 'E', 'rho'), ordered = TRUE)
  );
  simname <- names(ds);
  simname <- simname[dplyr::cumany(simname == 'name')];
  simname <- setdiff(simname, c('name', 'ref'));
  stopifnot(length(simname) == 1);
  ggplot(data = ds, mapping = aes(.data[[simname]], ref, !!!extra_aes)) +
    geom_point(alpha = .2, shape = 20) +
    geom_abline(slope = 1, intercept = 0, alpha = .5, linetype = 'twodash') +
    facet_wrap(vars(name), scales = 'free') +
    theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90));
} # undebug(plot_sim_gdp)

`simbase_covar` without transformation

The main approach in WoodSimulatR is to conditionally simulate based on the means and the covariance matrix. As a start, we create basis data for the simulation without applying any transformation.

As we later want to add simulated GDP values to a dataset which already contains GDP values, we rename the GDP values for the simbase_covar to some other names not yet present in the target dataset, by suffixing with _siml (for SIMulation with Linear relationships)

sb_untransf <- dataset_0 %>%
  dplyr::rename(f_siml = f, E_siml = E, rho_siml = rho) %>%
  simbase_covar(
    variables = c('f_siml', 'E_siml', 'rho_siml', 'ip_f', 'E_dyn', 'ip_rho')
  );

sb_untransf;
#> $label
#> [1] "n5000_t_cov"
#> 
#> $variables
#> [1] "f_siml"   "E_siml"   "rho_siml" "ip_f"     "E_dyn"    "ip_rho"  
#> 
#> $transforms
#> list()
#> 
#> $covar
#>               f_siml     E_siml   rho_siml        ip_f      E_dyn     ip_rho
#> f_siml     123.48879   17833.53   176.0599    74.39333   16294.87   157.3809
#> E_siml   17833.52632 5350561.53 60442.9207 19384.22862 4936929.13 60112.9581
#> rho_siml   176.05989   60442.92  2277.8973   165.03216   71523.40  2051.2843
#> ip_f        74.39333   19384.23   165.0322    84.82026   18296.48   154.1760
#> E_dyn    16294.87244 4936929.13 71523.3978 18296.48185 5061578.82 71714.5604
#> ip_rho     157.38089   60112.96  2051.2843   154.17601   71714.56  2083.1286
#> 
#> $means
#>      f_siml      E_siml    rho_siml        ip_f       E_dyn      ip_rho 
#>    27.44698 10902.33238   426.68168    25.84706 11646.95452   443.01789 
#> 
#> $loadtype
#> [1] "t"
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "simbase_covar"

Adding the simulated GDP values to a dataset is done by calling simulate_conditionally().

dataset_c_sim <- simulate_conditionally(dataset_c, sb_untransf);
names(dataset_c_sim) %>% pander::pander();

subsample, country, f, E, rho, E_dyn_u, ip_f, E_dyn, ip_rho, loadtype, f_siml, E_siml and rho_siml

For a visual comparison:

plot_sim_gdp(dataset_c_sim, sb_untransf, c('f_siml', 'E_siml', 'rho_siml'));

This looks good for \(E\) and \(\rho\), but wrong in the \(f\) simulation.

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\)

We might try using transforms to improve the result. For this, we have to pass a list with named entries corresponding to the GDP we want to transform.

The entry itself must be an object of class "trans" (from the package scales). As we want to use a log-transform, the required entry is scales::log_trans().

sb_transf <- dataset_0 %>%
  dplyr::rename(f_simt = f, E_simt = E, rho_simt = rho) %>%
  simbase_covar(
    variables = c('f_simt', 'E_simt', 'rho_simt', 'ip_f', 'E_dyn', 'ip_rho'),
    transforms = list(f_simt = scales::log_trans())
  );
dataset_c_sim <- simulate_conditionally(dataset_c_sim, sb_transf);
plot_sim_gdp(dataset_c_sim, sb_transf, c('f_simt', 'E_simt', 'rho_simt'));

Now, this looks much better (which is no surprise, as dataset_c itself has been simulated with lognormal \(f\)).

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\) and derived on a grouped dataset

If we group the reference dataset (dataset_0), e.g. by country, we get an object of class “simbase_list” with separate simbases for each group (technically, this is a tibble with the grouping variables and an extra column .simbase which contains several objects of class “simbase_covar”).

sb_group <- dataset_0 %>%
  dplyr::group_by(country) %>%
  dplyr::rename(f_simg = f, E_simg = E, rho_simg = rho) %>%
  simbase_covar(
    variables = c('f_simg', 'E_simg', 'rho_simg', 'ip_f', 'E_dyn', 'ip_rho'),
    transforms = list(f_simg = scales::log_trans())
  );

sb_group
#> # A tibble: 4 × 2
#>   country .simbase  
#>   <chr>   <list>    
#> 1 C1      <smbs_cvr>
#> 2 C2      <smbs_cvr>
#> 3 C3      <smbs_cvr>
#> 4 C4      <smbs_cvr>

If we add variables to a dataset using such a “simbase_list”, it is required that all grouping variables stored in the “simbase_list” object are also available in this dataset.

In our case: the dataset must contain the variable “country”. Values of “country” which do not also exist in our “simbase” object will result in NA values for the variables to be simulated.

Therefore, we add the variables in this case not to the dataset dataset_c (which has different values for “country”) but to the dataset_0 itself.

dataset_0_sim <- simulate_conditionally(dataset_0, sb_group);
plot_sim_gdp(dataset_0_sim, sb_group, c('f_simg', 'E_simg', 'rho_simg'), colour=country);

	f	E	rho	ip_f	E_dyn	ip_rho
f	1	0.7467	0.3238	0.7827	0.6814	0.3103
E	0.7467	1	0.6582	0.9221	0.9601	0.6651
rho	0.3238	0.6582	1	0.4939	0.7474	0.9515
ip_f	0.7827	0.9221	0.4939	1	0.8992	0.4804
E_dyn	0.6814	0.9601	0.7474	0.8992	1	0.767
ip_rho	0.3103	0.6651	0.9515	0.4804	0.767	1

Basics of simulating sawn timber strength with WoodSimulatR

Introduction

Aim of this document

Simulate a whole dataset

Preliminaries

Default dataset

Customising options

Available subsample definitions

Tensile tests

Bending tests

Simulated dataset with data from specific countries

Different subsample sizes

Own specification of means and standard deviations

Further available options

Add simulated values to a dataset

`simbase_covar` without transformation

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\)

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\) and derived on a grouped dataset

Simulate a whole dataset, based on a `simbase_list` object

Conclusions

References

country	subsample	loadtype	n	f_mean	E_mean	rho_mean	ip_f_mean	E_dyn_mean	ip_rho_mean
at	at	t	400	29.4 (38)	12190 (19)	444 (10)	29.9 (30)	12844 (17)	460 (9)
de	de	t	1200	32.6 (37)	12122 (20)	450 (11)	30.2 (31)	12891 (19)	465 (11)
fi	fi	t	600	33.2 (34)	11903 (19)	445 (10)	29.7 (29)	12698 (18)	459 (10)
pl	pl	t	800	28.2 (38)	11620 (24)	451 (12)	27.8 (39)	12459 (22)	465 (11)
se	se	t	1200	27.6 (38)	10196 (22)	417 (12)	23.9 (37)	10983 (20)	433 (11)
si	si	t	400	34.0 (44)	12466 (22)	442 (9)	31.6 (34)	13100 (19)	460 (8)
sk	sk	t	400	27.2 (40)	10563 (21)	406 (9)	25.5 (36)	11245 (19)	426 (9)

Basics of simulating sawn timber strength with WoodSimulatR

Introduction

Aim of this document

Simulate a whole dataset

Preliminaries

Default dataset

Customising options

Available subsample definitions

Tensile tests

Bending tests

Simulated dataset with data from specific countries

Different subsample sizes

Own specification of means and standard deviations

Further available options

Add simulated values to a dataset

simbase_covar without transformation

simbase_covar with log-transformed \(f\)

simbase_covar with log-transformed \(f\) and derived on a grouped dataset

Simulate a whole dataset, based on a simbase_list object

Conclusions

References

`simbase_covar` without transformation

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\)

`simbase_covar` with log-transformed \(f\) and derived on a grouped dataset

Simulate a whole dataset, based on a `simbase_list` object