library(MASS) check out fitdistr( ) ... ?fitdistr
This isn't 'solver', but then again R isn't MS Excel!
Roslina Zakaria wrote:> Dear R-users,
> Is there any function in R that works similarly like solver in Excel. I
have a set of daily rainfall data and I would like to estimate alpha and beta
for the gamma function.
>
> Here is my daily rainfall data:
> [1] 0.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.0 1.8 1.8 0.0 2.6
> [24] 33.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 5.4 0.0
> [47] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.6
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
> [70] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.2 0.0 3.8 2.2 1.2 12.2 3.0 0.0 0.0
> [93] 0.0 0.0 5.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.6 3.6 0.2
0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 16.6 0.0
> [116] 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.4
> [139] 1.6 5.8 0.4 34.2 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.4
24.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
> [162] 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.0 4.4 21.2 3.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
> [185] 0.0 0.8 0.8 3.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 1.6
6.6 5.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 1.0 1.2 2.4 6.0
> [208] 2.8 7.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.2 2.4 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
> [231] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 6.6 2.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
> [254] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.0 0.6
4.8 0.0 0.2 3.8 17.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
> [277] 43.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 8.2 14.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
> [300] 0.0
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
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