[R] estimate the parameter of exponential distribution, etc.

[Vincent Goulet]

Le 22 Février 2005 18:01, Bickel, David a écrit :
> Given a numeric vector of observations, does R have any generic way to
> estimate the parameters of commonly used distributions (exponential, gamma,
> etc.) without numerically optimizing the likelihood function?

Assuming you want to use maximum likelihood estimation, look into 'fitdistr' 
in package MASS.

Hope this helps!

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  Vincent Goulet, Professeur agrégé
  École d'actuariat
  Université Laval, Québec 
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