[R] Packages evd and fExtremes

[David Winsemius]

On May 31, 2013, at 4:21 AM, ELIAS Patrick wrote:

> Hi
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> At first, as a new user of R (why have I been waiting for so long ?), let me tell you how I highly appreciate this fanstastic free tool! (The enthusiasm of a new fan?!)
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> When recently carrying out an extreme value analysis, I consumed a lot of time for dealing with the arguments of the qgpd function.
> Refering to the manual Package fExtremes, I specified xi=val2, mu=0, beta=val1 coming from gpd.fit and I got the Error message : arguments unused.
> I finally found out in the reference manual of the Package evd that the qgpd needed the arguments loc=0, scale=val1, shape=val2 (with clearer names). And it worked!
> 
> May I suggest to correct the reference manual of the Package fExtremes?
> 
> If this Help forum is not dedicated to that kind of message, would you please transfer it to the appropriate R forum.
> 

Requests for modification of contributed packages or their documentation should be addressed by personal email to the maintainer of the package: Try:

maintainer('fExtremes')

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David Winsemius
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