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extremeStat

Extreme Value Statistics and Quantile Estimation

v1.5.12 · Jan 10, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

Fit, plot and compare several (extreme value) distribution functions. Compute (truncated) distribution quantile estimates and plot return periods on a linear scale. On the fitting method, see Asquith (2011): Distributional Analysis with L-moment Statistics [...] ISBN 1463508417.

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examples

Running massageExamples to create ‘extremeStat-Ex.R’ failed
Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection
Calls: <Anonymous> -> Rd2ex -> file
In addition: Warning message:
In file(out, "wt") :
  cannot open file '/tmp/RtmpGM1YHi/file9a08e554abd53/plotLexBoot.R': No space left on device
Execution halted
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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies lmomco berryFunctions pbapply RColorBrewer evir ismev fExtremes extRemes evd Renext DiSCos extremeStat

Version History

12 tracked
new 1.5.12 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.5.12 ← 1.5.11 diff Jan 9, 2026
updated 1.5.11 ← 1.5.9 diff Jul 27, 2025
updated 1.5.9 ← 1.5.8 diff Jan 12, 2024
updated 1.5.8 ← 1.5.5 diff Aug 28, 2023
updated 1.5.5 ← 1.5.3 diff Apr 7, 2023
updated 1.5.3 ← 1.5.2 diff Nov 15, 2022
updated 1.5.2 ← 1.4.0 diff Aug 22, 2022
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.0 diff Nov 4, 2017
updated 1.3.0 ← 0.6.0 diff Jan 26, 2017
updated 0.6.0 ← 0.5.16 diff Dec 12, 2016
new 0.5.16 May 11, 2016