areaovate is used to calculate the area of an ovate polygon made from combing two symmetrical curves generated by a performance equation (e.g., MLRFE).
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expr: a performance equation or one of its simplified versions.
P: the parameters of the performance equation or one of its simplified versions.
simpver: an optional argument to use the simplfied version of the performance equation.
subdivisions: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
rel.tol: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
abs.tol: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
stop.on.error: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
keep.xy: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
aux: please see the arguments for the integrate function in package stats.
Details
The performance equations denote MbetaE, MBriereE, MLRFE, and their simplified versions. The arguments of P and simpver should correspond to expr (i.e., MbetaE or MBriereE or MLRFE).
Returns
The area of two symmetrical curves along the x-axis generated by a performance equation or one of its simplified versions.
Note
Here, the user can define other performance equations, but new equations or their simplified versions should include the lower and upper thresholds in the x-axis corresponding to y=0, whose indices should be the same as those in MbetaE or MBriereE or MLRFE.
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