Return a list of the three character syntax identifying distributions supported within the lmomco package. The distributions are
aep4
, cau
, emu
, exp
, gam
, gep
,
gev
, gld
, glo
, gno
, gov
,
gpa
, gum
, kap
, kmu
, kur
,
lap
, lmrq
, ln3
, nor
, pdq3
, pdq4
,
pe3
, ray
, revgum
, rice
, sla
, smd
, st3
,
texp
, tri
, wak
, and wei
. These abbreviations and only these are used in routing logic within lmomco. There is no provision for fuzzy matching. The full distributions names are available in prettydist
.
dist.list(type=NULL)
A vector of distribution identifiers as listed above or the number of parameters for a given distribution type.
If type
is not NULL
and is one of the abbreviations shown above, then the number of parameters of that distribution are returned or a warning message is issued. This subtle feature might be useful for developers.
W.H. Asquith
prettydist