another possibility is to use skew-t distributions, from package: fGarch, for instance.
Kjetil On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Ravi Varadhan <rvarad...@jhmi.edu> wrote: > Take a look at the `rstable' function in the "stable" package to simulate > random deviates from a stable distribution. > > Ravi. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor, The Center on Aging and Health > > Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology > > Johns Hopkins University > > Ph: (410) 502-2619 > > Fax: (410) 614-9625 > > Email: rvarad...@jhmi.edu > > Webpage: > http://www.jhsph.edu/agingandhealth/People/Faculty_personal_pages/Varadhan.h > tml > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of inquil > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 6:56 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Simulate negative skewed, fat-tailed distribution > > > Hi guys > > Is there a way in R to simulate/generate random numbers from a negative > skewed and fat > tailed distribution ? I would like to simulate a set of (discrete) data. > > Regards, > > Carlos > > > Carlos http://www.nabble.com/file/p25783889/graph.png graph.png > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Simulate-negative-skewed%2C-fat-tailed-distribution-tp > 25783889p25783889.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
