Sample names for specified sexes by sampling with replacement to avoid
exhausting number of name when sample.with.replacement = FALSE. The
duplicated names during sampling need to be removed to ensure each
individual has a unique name. In order to have enough unique names, more
names than required are sampled from randomNames(), and the level of
oversampling is determined by the buffer_factor argument. A
buffer_factor too high and the more names are sampled which takes longer,
a buffer_factor too low and not enough unique names are sampled and
the .sample_names() function will need to loop until it has enough
unique names.
Arguments
- .data
A
<data.frame>containing the infectious history from a branching process simulation (.sim_network_bp()).- buffer_factor
A single
numericdetermining the level of oversampling (or buffer) when creating a vector of unique names fromrandomNames().