Re: [R] Problem with estimation of distribution parameters

Oliver Herbst gmx.de> writes: > > Hi, > > I tried to calculate the MLE estimation of a parameter of a gamma > distribution of a data set, which is called "amount".. I did it with the > command: fitdistr(amount,"gamma") > > and got the error message: > > Error in optim(x = c(363.36, 551.15,

[R] Problem with estimation of distribution parameters

Hi, I tried to calculate the MLE estimation of a parameter of a gamma distribution of a data set, which is called "amount".. I did it with the command: fitdistr(amount,"gamma") and got the error message: Error in optim(x = c(363.36, 551.15, 603.91, 170.99, 225.21, 218.01, 1816.82, :