myNRML: Estimate a single parameter of a distribution using the...

In matthewCmatt/MATH4753CARROLL: Matt's Example Package

Description

Estimate a single parameter of a distribution using the Newton-Raphson Algorithm and method of maximum likelihood.

Usage

myNRML(x0, delta = 0.001, llik, xrange, parameter = "param")

Arguments

x0	Starting value for Newton-Raphson Algorithm.
delta	Smallest step size for Newton-Raphson Algorithm.
llik	Likelihood function for the parameter.
xrange	A list denoting the upper and lower limits of values between which the estimate will lie.
parameter	The label for the parameter to be estimated.

Value

Returns the values for each iteration of the algorithm, and prints graphs of the log likelihood and its derivative.

Examples

myNRML(x0=1,delta=0.000001,llik=function(x) log(dpois(4,x)*dpois(6,x)*dpois(7,x)*dpois(6,x)*dpois(5,x)),xrange=c(0,20),parameter="lambda" )

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