[R] Function for Distribution Fitting

[Gabor Grothendieck]

A Cullen & Frey graph (fitdistrplus::descdist) can be used to compare certain
common distributions.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 9:42 AM Paul Bernal <paulbernal07 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear friends from the R community,
>
> Hope you are all doing great. So far, whenever I need to perform
> distribution fitting on a particular dataset, I make use of R package
> fitdistrplus.
>
> However, distribution fitting using the fitdist() function from
> fitdistrplus is rather manual (you need to specify which probability
> distribution you are trying to fit), and it would be more convenient if the
> function tested all possible probability distributions (or a bunch of them)
> and then estimates the parameters and suggests the most suitable
> distribution.
>
> Is there any package besides fitdistrplus that does allow automatic
> distribution fitting?
>
> Best regards,
> Paul
>
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