parTLgpa {lmomco}R Documentation

Estimate the Parameters of the Generalized Pareto Distribution using Trimmed L-moments

Description

This function estimates the parameters of the Generalized Pareto distribution given the the trimmed L-moments (TL-moments) for t=1 of the data in TL-moment object with a trim level of unity (trim=1). The parameters are computed as

kappa = frac{10-45tau^{(1)}_3}{9tau^{(1)}_3+10} mbox{,}

α = frac{1}{6}λ^{(1)}_2(kappa+2)(kappa+3)(kappa+4) mbox{, and}

xi = λ^{(1)}_1 - frac{α(kappa+5)}{(kappa+2)(kappa+3)} mbox{.}

Usage

parTLgpa(lmom)

Arguments

lmom A TL-moment object created by TLmoms.

Value

An R list is returned.

type The type of distribution: gpa.
para The parameters of the distribution.
source The source of the parameters: “parTLgpa”.

Author(s)

W.H. Asquith

References

Elamir, E.A.H., and Seheult, A.H., 2003, Trimmed L-moments: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, vol. 43, pp. 299–314.

Hosking, J.R.M., 1990, L-moments—Analysis and estimation of distributions using linear combinations of order statistics: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, vol. 52, p. 105–124.

Hosking, J.R.M. and Wallis, J.R., 1997, Regional frequency analysis—An approach based on L-moments: Cambridge University Press.

See Also

TLmoms, lmomTLgpa, cdfgpa, quagpa

Examples

TL <- TLmoms(rnorm(20),trim=1)
parTLgpa(TL)

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