If you mean you want an EVD with a fat left tail (instead of a fat
right tail), then can;t you just multiply all the values by -1 to
"reverse" the distribution? A new location parameter could then shift
the distribution wherever you want along the number line ...
-Aaron
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Richard Gwozdz <rgwozdz at
u.washington.edu> wrote:> Hello,
>
> I would like to sample from a Gumbell (minimum) distribution. I have
> installed package {evd} but the Gumbell functions there appear to refer to
> the maximum case. Unfortunately, setting the scale parameter negative does
> not appear to work.
>
> Is there a separate package for the Gumbell minimum?
>
>
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