cell2nb function

Generate neighbours list for grid cells

The function generates a list of neighbours for a grid of cells. Helper functions are used to convert to and from the vector indices for row and column grid positions, and rook (shared edge) or queen (shared edge or vertex) neighbour definitions are applied by type. If torus is TRUE, the grid is mapped onto a torus, removing edge effects.

cell2nb(nrow, ncol, type="rook", torus=FALSE, legacy=FALSE, x=NULL)
vi2mrc(i, nrow, ncol)

Arguments

• nrow: number of rows in the grid, may also be an object inheriting from class "SpatialGrid" or "GridTopology" only in cell2nb
• ncol: number of columns in the grid; if nrow or x is an object inheriting from class "SpatialGrid" or "GridTopology", it may be omitted
• type: default rook, may also be queen
• torus: default FALSE, if TRUE map grid onto torus
• legacy: default FALSE, nrow/ncol reversed, if TRUE wrong col/row directions (see https://github.com/r-spatial/spdep/issues/20)
• x: if given, an object inheriting from class "SpatialGrid" or "GridTopology", and replaces nrow and ncol
• i: vector of vector indices corresponding to rowcol, a matrix with two columns of row, column indices

Returns

The function returns an object of class nb with a list of integer vectors containing neighbour region number ids. See card for details of nb objects.

Author(s)

Roger Bivand Roger.Bivand@nhh.no

See Also

summary.nb, card

Examples

nb7rt <- cell2nb(7, 7)
summary(nb7rt)
xyc <- attr(nb7rt, "region.id")
xy <- matrix(as.integer(unlist(strsplit(xyc, ":"))), ncol=2, byrow=TRUE)
plot(nb7rt, xy)
nb7rt <- cell2nb(7, 7, torus=TRUE)
summary(nb7rt)
run <- FALSE
if (require("sp", quietly=TRUE)) run <- TRUE
if (run) {
# https://github.com/r-spatial/spdep/issues/20
GT <- GridTopology(c(1, 1), c(1, 1), c(10, 50))
SPix <- as(SpatialGrid(GT), "SpatialPixels")
nb_rook_cont <- poly2nb(as(SPix, "SpatialPolygons"), queen=FALSE)
nb_rook_dist <- dnearneigh(coordinates(SPix), 0, 1.01)
all.equal(nb_rook_cont, nb_rook_dist, check.attributes=FALSE)
## [1] TRUE
}
if (run) {
t.nb <- cell2nb(GT, type='rook', legacy=TRUE)
isTRUE(all.equal(nb_rook_cont, t.nb, check.attributes=FALSE))
## [1] FALSE
}
if (run) {
t.nb <- cell2nb(GT, type='rook')
isTRUE(all.equal(nb_rook_cont, t.nb, check.attributes=FALSE))
## [1] TRUE
}
if (run) {
# https://github.com/r-spatial/spdep/issues/55
# problem reported in issue caused by rep() cycling in unexpected order
GT <- GridTopology(c(1, 1), c(1, 1), c(22, 11))
SPix <- as(SpatialGrid(GT), "SpatialPixels")
nb_rook_cont <- poly2nb(as(SPix, "SpatialPolygons"), queen=FALSE)
nb_rook_dist <- dnearneigh(coordinates(SPix), 0, 1.01)
all.equal(nb_rook_cont, nb_rook_dist, check.attributes=FALSE)
}
if (run) {
t.nb <- cell2nb(GT, type='rook', legacy=TRUE)
isTRUE(all.equal(nb_rook_cont, t.nb, check.attributes=FALSE))
## [1] FALSE
}
if (run) {
t.nb <- cell2nb(GT, type='rook', legacy=FALSE)
isTRUE(all.equal(nb_rook_cont, t.nb, check.attributes=FALSE))
## [1] TRUE
}