Topic: Utilities
Topic Description:
Basic R utilities used in many packages and functions, such as date and string manipulations, statistical distributions, geometry of lines and distances. The R package date is required for the two data functions.
File: utilities/distributions.r
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Function: minum.beta.normal
Function Description: minum.beta.normal
Function to be minimized for fitting normal to beta.Function Arguments:
| Argument | Default Value |
|---|---|
| param | |
| x | |
| y |
Function Source:
minum.beta.normal=function(param,x,y)
{
pred=dnorm(x,mean=param[1],sd=param[2])
dev=(y-pred)
return(sum(dev^2))
}
{
pred=dnorm(x,mean=param[1],sd=param[2])
dev=(y-pred)
return(sum(dev^2))
}