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Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution
Description
Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution (Ko, 1992).
Usage
EstimateKappaKo(X)
Arguments
X
numeric; a vector of class circular in units=c("radians")
Value
A numeric value
Author(s)
Davide Buttarazzi
References
Ko, D. (1992), Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution.
Ann. Stat. 20(2) 917-928
See Also
CircularBoxplot
Examples
#install.packages("circular")
require(circular)
data1 <- rvonmises(50, circular(pi/2), 5)
EstimateKappaKo(data1)
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Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution
Description
Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution (Ko, 1992).
Usage
EstimateKappaKo(X)
Arguments
X |
numeric; a vector of class |
Value
A numeric value
Author(s)
Davide Buttarazzi
References
Ko, D. (1992), Robust estimation of the concentration parameter of the von Mises-Fisher distribution. Ann. Stat. 20(2) 917-928
See Also
CircularBoxplot
Examples
#install.packages("circular")
require(circular)
data1 <- rvonmises(50, circular(pi/2), 5)
EstimateKappaKo(data1)
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