Spatial partitioning using rectangular tiles. Small partitions can optionally be merged into adjacent ones to avoid partitions with too few observations. This method is similar to ResamplingSpCVBlock by making use of rectangular zones in the coordinate space. See the upstream implementation at sperrorest::partition_disc() and Brenning (2012) for further information.
Parameters
dsplit (integer(2))
Equidistance of splits in (possibly rotated) x direction (dsplit[1]) and y direction (dsplit[2]) used to define tiles. If dsplit is of length 1, its value is recycled. Either dsplit or nsplit must be specified.
nsplit (integer(2))
Number of splits in (possibly rotated) x direction (nsplit[1]) and y direction (nsplit[2]) used to define tiles. If nsplit is of length 1, its value is recycled.
rotation (character(1))
Whether and how the rectangular grid should be rotated; random rotation is only possible between -45 and +45 degrees. Accepted values: One of c("none", "random", "user").
user_rotation (character(1))
Only used when rotation = "user". Angle(s) (in degrees) by which the rectangular grid is to be rotated in each repetition. Either a vector of same length as repeats, or a single number that will be replicated length(repeats) times.
offset (logical(1))
Whether and how the rectangular grid should be shifted by an offset. Accepted values: One of c("none", "random", "user").
user_offset (logical(1))
Only used when offset = "user". A list (or vector) of two components specifying a shift of the rectangular grid in (possibly rotated) x and y direction. The offset values are relative values, a value of 0.5 resulting in a one-half tile shift towards the left, or upward. If this is a list, its first (second) component refers to the rotated x (y) direction, and both components must have same length as repeats
(or length 1). If a vector of length 2 (or list components have length 1), the two values will be interpreted as relative shifts in (rotated) x and y direction, respectively, and will therefore be recycled as needed (length(repeats)
times each).
reassign (logical(1))
If TRUE, 'small' tiles (as per min_frac and min_n) are merged with (smallest) adjacent tiles. If FALSE, small tiles are 'eliminated', i.e., set to NA.
min_frac (numeric(1))
Value must be >=0, <1. Minimum relative size of partition as percentage of sample.