startbernexp {qmap}

Rough parameter estimate for the Bernoulli-Exponential distribution

Description

Estimates rough starting values for the Bernoulli-Exponential distribution using the method of moments for the rate parameter. The probability of non-zero events is estimated as the fraction of values that are larger than zero.

Usage

startbernexp(x)

Arguments

x

numeric vector.

Value

A list containing:

prob

probability of non-zero event.

rate

rate parameter of the Exponential distribution.

Note

In this package startbernexp is intended to be used in conjunction with fitQmapDIST (and mledist) with parameter distr="bernexp".

Author(s)

Lukas Gudmundsson

See Also

fitQmapDIST, bernexp, fitdist

Examples

gg <- rbernexp(n=300, prob=0.2, rate=1)
startbernexp(gg)
mledist(gg,"bernexp",startbernexp(gg))