DiscreteDistribution         package:distrEx         R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Generates an object of class '"DiscreteDistribution"'.

_U_s_a_g_e:

       DiscreteDistribution(supp, prob)
       DiscreteDistribution(supp)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    supp: numeric vector which forms the support  of the discrete
          distribution. 

    prob: vector of probability weights for the  elements of 'supp'.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     If 'prob' is missing, all elements in 'supp' are equally weighted.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Object of class '"DiscreteDistribution"'

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Matthias Kohl Matthias.Kohl@stamats.de

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'DiscreteDistribution-class'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     # Dirac-measure at 0
     D1 <- DiscreteDistribution(supp = 0)
     support(D1)

     # simple discrete distribution
     D2 <- DiscreteDistribution(supp = c(1:5), prob = c(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2, 0.2))
     plot(D2)

