ExtDist
Extending the Range of Functions for Probability Distributions
Description
A consistent, unified and extensible framework for estimation of parameters for probability distributions, including parameter estimation procedures that allow for weighted samples; the current set of distributions included are: the standard beta, The four-parameter beta, Burr, gamma, Gumbel, Johnson SB and SU, Laplace, logistic, normal, symmetric truncated normal, truncated normal, symmetric-reflected truncated beta, standard symmetric-reflected truncated beta, triangular, uniform, and Weibull distributions; decision criteria and selections based on these decision criteria.
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re-building of vignette outputs
Error(s) in re-building vignettes: --- re-building 'Distributions-Beta.Rmd' using rmarkdown --- finished re-building 'Distributions-Beta.Rmd' --- re-building 'Distributions-Normal.Rmd' using rmarkdown --- finished re-building 'Distributions-Normal.Rmd' --- re-building 'Distributions.Rmd' using rmarkdown --- finished re-building 'Distributions.Rmd' --- re-building 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' using rmarkdown ! Package pdftex.def Error: File `47fa0caeef3e035adcbb512afe694bf63c866964.pdf' not found: using draft setting. Error: processing vignette 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' failed with diagnostics: LaTeX failed to compile D:/RCompile/CRANpkg/local/4.4/ExtDist.Rcheck/vign_test/ExtDist/vignettes/ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.log for more info. --- failed re-building 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' SUMMARY: processing the following file failed: 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' Error: Vignette re-building failed. Execution halted
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ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 30, 2026
re-building of vignette outputs
Error(s) in re-building vignettes: --- re-building 'Distributions-Beta.Rmd' using rmarkdown --- finished re-building 'Distributions-Beta.Rmd' --- re-building 'Distributions-Normal.Rmd' using rmarkdown --- finished re-building 'Distributions-Normal.R ...[truncated]... ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.log for more info. --- failed re-building 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' SUMMARY: processing the following file failed: 'ParaEst-and-DistSel-by-ExtDist.Rmd' Error: Vignette re-building failed. Execution halted