Create a list of initial values for matrices used to define a compartmental model in TMB.
Arguments
- ...
- Named objects that can be coerced to numerical matrices. 
- .mats_to_save
- Character vector naming matrices to be saved at each set in the simulation so that some calculations can make use of past value (e.g. delayed effects) and/or to be able to retrieved the simulation history after the simulation is complete. 
- .mats_to_return
- Character vector naming matrices to be returned after the simulate is complete. 
- .dimnames
- Named list of - dimnamesfor matrices that change their dimensions over the simulation steps. These names correspond to the names of the matrices. The output of the simulations will try their best to honor these names, but if the shape of the matrix is too inconsistent with the- dimnamesthen numerical indices will be used instead. For matrices that do not change their dimensions, set- dimnamesby adding- dimnamesto the matrices passed to- ....
- .structure_labels
- An optional object for obtaining labels of elements of special vectors and matrices. Such an object can be found in the - $labelsfield of a- Compartmentalmodel. Note that this is an advanced technique.
Value
Object of class MatsList with the following methods.
Methods
- $data_arg(): Return the following components of the data structure to pass to C++.- mats-- Unnamed list of numeric matrices.
- mats_save_hist-- Boolean vector identifying which matrices should have their history saved.
- mats_return-- Boolean vector identifying which matrices should be returned after a simulation.
 
- $mat_dims(): Return a data frame giving the numbers of rows and columns of each matrix in the list.
- $add_mats(...): Add matrices to the list and return a new regenerated- MatsListobject.