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DistributionUtils (version 0.6-1)

DistributionUtils-package: Utility functions useful for all distributions in packages following the standard approach developed in Scott, Wuertz and Dong.

Description

Functionality includes sample skewness and kurtosis, log-histogram, tail plots, moments by integration, changing the point about which a moment is calculated, functions for testing distributions using inversion tests and the Massart inequality. Also includes an implementation of the incomplete Bessel K function.

Arguments

Author

David Scott <d.scott@auckland.ac.nz>

Maintainer: David Scott <d.scott@auckland.ac.nz>

Details

Contains functions which are useful for packages implementing distributions. Designed to work with my packages GeneralizedHyperbolic, VarianceGamma, SkewHyperbolic and NormalLaplace.

References

Scott, David J. and Würtz, Diethelm and Dong, Christine (2009) Software for Distributions in R. UseR: The R User Conference 2009 https://www.r-project.org/conferences/useR-2009/slides/Scott+Wuertz+Dong.pdf

See Also

GeneralizedHyperbolicDistribution