Package 'distcrete'

Title: Discrete Distribution Approximations
Description: Creates discretised versions of continuous distribution functions by mapping continuous values to an underlying discrete grid, based on a (uniform) frequency of discretisation, a valid discretisation point, and an integration range. For a review of discretisation methods, see Chakraborty (2015) <doi:10.1186/s40488-015-0028-6>.
Authors: Steph Locke [cre], Rich FitzJohn [aut], Anne Cori [aut], Thibaut Jombart [aut]
Maintainer: Steph Locke <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 1.0.3
Built: 2024-10-29 05:47:24 UTC
Source: https://github.com/reconhub/distcrete

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Discretise a distribution

Description

Discretise a distribution.

Usage

distcrete(name, interval, ..., w = 0.5, anchor = 0)

Arguments

name

The name of a distribution function (e.g., norm, gamma). The distribution must have a cdf function (e.g., pnorm) and a quantile function (e.g., qnorm) defined.
interval

The interval to discretise the interval onto.
...

Parameters to cdf. Can be matched positionally or by name.
w

How to weight the endpoints; must be between 0 and 1. If 0.5 then integration happens centred around the interval, if 0 floor, if 1 then ceiling.
anchor

Any location that is a valid x

Author(s)

Rich FitzJohn

Examples

library(distcrete)
set.seed(415)
d0 <- distcrete("gamma", 1, shape = 3, w = 0)
d0$d(1:10)
d0$p(c(.1,.5))
d0$q(c(.1,.5))
d0$r(10)