intliz3 {bvpa}

Initialization of 3-parameter Block-Basu Bivariate Pareto (BBBVPA) distribution

Description

Return initial choice parameters of 3-parameter BBBVPA distribution.

Usage

intliz3(
  data,
  ini.run = 100,
  tol.ini = 0.001,
  proc = "ML",
  intv.a0 = c(0, 5),
  intv.a1 = c(0, 5),
  intv.a2 = c(0, 5),
  ...
)

Arguments

data

bivariate observations.

ini.run

number of random initializations.

tol.ini

convergence tolerance, 0.001 (default)..

proc

different procedures, "ML" (default) and "S.EM".

intv.a0

interval for random initialization of \alpha_0.

intv.a1

interval for random initialization of \alpha_1.

intv.a2

interval for random initialization of \alpha_2.

...

further arguments to pass to estimates3.

Value

numeric vector.

Author(s)

Biplab Paul <[e-mail]> and Arabin Kumar Dey <[e-mail]>

Examples

dat <- rbb.bvpa(500, 0, 0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 0.4, 0.5)
intliz3(dat)