[R] Inverse (cumulative) distribution functions

Huntsinger, Reid reid_huntsinger at merck.com
Fri Jan 4 17:40:42 CET 2002


Inverse cdfs are also called quantile functions, and in R they are named
qxxxx; cdfs are pxxxx, random numbers are rxxxx, density is dxxxx, where
xxxx names the distribution family. Eg qnorm, pnorm, rnorm, dnorm.

Reid Huntsinger

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From: Alexander.Hener at daimlerchrysler.com
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Subject: [R] Inverse (cumulative) distribution functions


hi list,

any help is appreciated concerning the following questions, and please note 
that I am not very experienced in neither R nor numerical problems :

1. are any inverse (cumulative) distributions functions implemented in R ? 

2. if not, does R offer the possibility to compute such functions for a
given 
distribution, and how? 

3. generally, are there any resources on the web or otherwise where,
preferably 
closed form solutions of, inverse (cumulative) distribution functions are 
listed? I realise that there should be only few. 


Thanks in advance,

Alexander Hener. 

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