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Re: Estimating distributions

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Subject: Re: Estimating distributions
From: "David M Smith" <dsmith@insightful.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:01:15 -0700
Cc: <P.J.Wells@open.ac.uk>
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In-reply-to: <F9D44AC0D89CD311B9E3000629385C40044D9BC9@marconi.open.ac.uk>
The EnvironmentalStats module for S-PLUS has capabilities for estimating
parameters from a wide variety of distributions, using methods including MLE
and Method of Moments.  For example, it adds a function "enorm" (e is for
"estimate") to dnorm, rnorm, etc., and similar functions for other
distributions in S-PLUS and more besides.

Despite the name, EnvironmentalStats is useful in just about all areas of
statistics.

More details at:

        http://www.insightful.com/products/environmental/

# David Smith

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David M Smith <dsmith@insightful.com>
S-PLUS Product Marketing Manager, Insightful Corp, Seattle WA
Tel: +1 (206) 283 8802 x360
Fax: +1 (206) 283 0347

Insightful Corporation provides analytical solutions leveraging
S-PLUS, StatServer, S-PLUS Analytic Server and consulting services.
See www.insightful.com for details.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-news-owner@lists.biostat.wustl.edu]On Behalf Of
> P.J.Wells@open.ac.uk
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 03:15
> To: s-news@wubios.wustl.edu
> Subject: [S] Estimating distributions
>
>
> In the light of recent queries by Xao Ping and Stanley Rubinstein
> for code,
> etc. for fitting probability distributions, perhaps list members
> could post
> any information they have about this topic in general?
>
> I'd particularly like to hear about non-MLE, non-method of moments methods
> for the two-parameter gamma, and of any methods for the generalised gamma
> distribution.
>
> Julian Wells
>
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