theopwms {lmomco}R Documentation

The Theoretical Probability-Weighted Moments using Integration of the Quantile Function

Description

Compute the theoretrical probability-weighted moments (PWMs) for a distribution. A theoretrical PWM in integral form is

β_r = int^1_0 X(F),F^r,mathrm{d}F mbox{,}

where X(F) is the quantile function of the random variable X for nonexceedance probability F and r represents the order of the PWM. This function loops across the above equation for each nmom set in the argument list. The function X(F) is computed through the par2qua function. The distribution type is determined using the type attribute of the para argument—the parameter object.

Usage

theopwms(para,nmom=5,verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

para A distribution parameter object of this package vec2par.
nmom The number of moments to compute. Default is 5.
verbose Toggle verbose output. Because the R function integrate is used to perform the numerical integration, it might be useful to see selected messages regarding the numerical integration.

Value

An R list is returned.

betas The PWMs. Note that convention is the have a β_0, but this is placed in the first index i=1 of the betas vector.
source An attribute identifying the computational source of the probability-weighted moments: “theopwms”.

Author(s)

W.H. Asquith

References

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.

See Also

theoLmoms, par2qua, pwm

Examples

para     <- vec2par(c(0,1),type='nor') # standard normal
the.pwms <- theopwms(para) # compute PWMs
str(the.pwms)

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