findthresh               package:evir               R Documentation

_F_i_n_d _T_h_r_e_s_h_o_l_d

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

     Finds a threshold so that a given number of extremes lie above.

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

     findthresh(data, ne)

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

    data: data vector

      ne: vector giving number of extremes above the threshold

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

     When the data are tied a threshold is found so that at least  the
     specified number of extremes lie above.

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

     Vector of suitable thresholds.

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

     'hill', 'gpd', 'pot'

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

     # Find threshold giving (at least) fifty exceedances for Danish data
     data(danish)
     findthresh(danish, 50) 

