Summary Method for an Irregularly Spaced Time Series

DESCRIPTION:

Returns a list of summary information about an irregular time series.

USAGE:

summary.its(object) 

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

object
time series object of class "its", that is, one whose tspar attribute is the same as its time vector.

VALUE:

list containing the class of series, the dimensions, a summary of its data, and the time parameters.

DETAILS:

This is the method for objects of class "its" of the generic function summary .

WARNING:

If you call summary.its directly for a non- its object, it will assume you have an Irregular Time Series, and may have incorrect information about the time parameters.

SEE ALSO:

, .

EXAMPLES:

geyser.its <- its(geyser$duration, 
              times = cumsum(geyser$waiting), 
              units = "minutes") 
summary(geyser.its) 
# Produces the following output: 
#  Irregular Time Series: 
#  Observations: 299 
#     Min. 1st Qu. Median  Mean 3rd Qu. Max. 
#   0.8333       2      4 3.461   4.383 5.45 
#  Time Parameters : 
#   start   end   units 
#   80    21622 minutes