[R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariatevonmises-weibulldistribution

Chaouch, Aziz achaouch at NRCan.gc.ca
Fri May 26 20:50:59 CEST 2006


Thanks Ravi! That's probably more than what I need. I suppose I'll have
to get back to you for some more explanations but for now I'm trying to
apply the log-likelihood (likelihood) that you defined to the fitdistr
function or use the log-likelihood with optim().

Thanks again, that's really helpful!

Regards,

Aziz

-----Original Message-----
From: Ravi Varadhan [mailto:rvaradhan at jhmi.edu] 
Sent: May 26, 2006 12:18 PM
To: Chaouch, Aziz
Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: RE: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of
bivariatevonmises-weibulldistribution

Hi Aziz,

I am attaching a file that contains the functions that I wrote to
compute the MLE for a binary vonMises mixture, using the EM algorithm.
It also contains a simulation example.  Let me know if you have any
trouble.

Hope this is helpful,
Ravi.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help- 
> bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Chaouch, Aziz
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:02 PM
> To: Dimitrios Rizopoulos
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariatevonmises- 
> weibulldistribution
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm still strugling with this copula model but this seems to be the 
> way to go. I'm now trying to model the marginal distributions and and 
> for wind direction I use a mixture of 2 von mises. I'd like to 
> estimate all the parameters (m1,m1,kappa1,kappa2,p) by maximizing the 
> likelihood but I don't know how to define the likelihood (or 
> log-likelihood) of a mixture of 2 Von Mises to use it with the 
> function fitDistr in the MASS package. Can you help me define this 
> likelihood function and use it through the fitDistr function?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aziz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dimitrios Rizopoulos 
> [mailto:Dimitris.Rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be]
> Sent: May 12, 2006 4:35 PM
> To: Chaouch, Aziz
> Subject: RE: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariate 
> vonmises-weibulldistribution
> 
> look at the following code:
> 
> library(copula)
> par(mfrow = c(2, 2))
> x <- mvdc(normalCopula(sin(0.5 * pi /2)), c("norm", "norm"), 
> list(list(mean = 0, sd = 1), list(mean = 0, sd = 1))) contour(x, 
> dmvdc, xlim = c(-2.7, 2.7), ylim = c(-2.7, 2.7))
> 
> x <- mvdc(frankCopula(5.736276), c("norm", "norm"), list(list(mean = 
> 0, sd = 1), list(mean = 0, sd = 1))) contour(x, dmvdc, xlim = c(-2.7, 
> 2.7), ylim = c(-2.7, 2.7))
> 
> x <- mvdc(gumbelCopula(2), c("norm", "norm"), list(list(mean = 0, sd =

> 1), list(mean = 0, sd = 1))) contour(x, dmvdc, xlim = c(-2.7, 2.7), 
> ylim = c(-2.7, 2.7))
> 
> x <- mvdc(claytonCopula(2), c("norm", "norm"), list(list(mean = 0, sd 
> = 1), list(mean = 0, sd = 1))) contour(x, dmvdc, xlim = c(-2.7, 2.7), 
> ylim = c(-2.7, 2.7))
> 
> 
> the values of the association parameter I've chosen in each copula 
> correspond to Kendall's tau 0.5; assuming also standard normal 
> marginal distributions look at the different shapes you get!
> 
> If possible try something similar for you case (i.e., using von Mises 
> and Weibull marginals) and check if the association shape for a 
> specific copula is more appropriate for your application. If this is 
> not possible fit models assumig different copulas and check which one 
> provides a better fit to your data.
> 
> I hope it helps.
> 
> Best,
> Dimitris
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting "Chaouch, Aziz" <achaouch at NRCan.gc.ca>:
> 
> > Hi Dimitris,
> >
> > I'm not sure to understand your suggestion. How would you build that

> > contour plot for a particular copula and on what is computed the 
> > Kendall's tau?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Aziz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dimitris Rizopoulos
> > [mailto:dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be]
> > Sent: May 12, 2006 9:57 AM
> > To: Chaouch, Aziz; hydinghua at gmail.com
> > Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: Re: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariate 
> > vonmises-weibulldistribution
> >
> > the choice of the copula is, in fact, a model selection problem.
> > First, you could have a look at the contour plots of different 
> > copulas (preferably for the same value of Kendall's tau), and decide

> > if some of them assume a more appropriate association structure for 
> > your application, compared to the others. Afterwards, you may fit 
> > various copula functions, check the fit on the data, compute AIC 
> > (since these are typically not nested models), etc.
> >
> > regarding the Von Mises distribution and if could be used in mvdc(),

> > that I don't know. It'd be better to contact the copula package 
> > maintainer and ask.
> >
> > I hope it helps.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dimitirs
> >
> > ----
> > Dimitris Rizopoulos
> > Ph.D. Student
> > Biostatistical Centre
> > School of Public Health
> > Catholic University of Leuven
> >
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chaouch, Aziz" <achaouch at NRCan.gc.ca>
> > To: "Dimitris Rizopoulos" <dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be>;
> > <hydinghua at gmail.com>
> > Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:13 PM
> > Subject: RE: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariate 
> > vonmises-weibulldistribution
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot! I wasn't aware of that copula package and it could 
> > well be appropriate to use it for my application. However if I read 
> > the copula help correctly, I still need to know what kind of copula 
> > to use to link the distribution of wind speeds and directions. Is 
> > there a way to determine this in R?
> >
> > Moreover can I use the Von Mises distribution from the circular or 
> > CircStats package into the mvdc function of the copula package or 
> > does the mvdc function only recognize distributions available 
> > "natively"
> > within R?
> >
> > Thanks again to all, your help is highly appreciated for a newbie 
> > like me!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Aziz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dimitris Rizopoulos
> > [mailto:dimitris.rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be]
> > Sent: May 12, 2006 3:01 AM
> > To: Philip He; Chaouch, Aziz
> > Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: Re: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariate 
> > vonmises-weibulldistribution
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Philip He" <hydinghua at gmail.com>
> > To: "Chaouch, Aziz" <achaouch at nrcan.gc.ca>
> > Cc: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [R] Maximum likelihood estimate of bivariate 
> > vonmises-weibulldistribution
> >
> >
> > > On 5/11/06, Chaouch, Aziz <achaouch at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I'm dealing with wind data and I'd like to model their
> > distribution
> > >> in order to simulate data to fill-in missing values. Wind
> > direction
> > >> are typically following a vonmises distribution and wind speeds 
> > >> follow a weibull distribution. I'd like to build a joint
> > distribution
> >
> > >> of directions and speeds as a VonMises-Weibull bivariate 
> > >> distribution.
> > >
> > >
> > > In order to built a bivariate distribution from two marginal 
> > > distributions (wind direction, wind speed) , more information is 
> > > needed to specify the relation between these two marginal 
> > > distributions.For example, a conditional distribution may help.
> > >
> >
> >
> > An alternative in such cases (i.e., when marginals are available but

> > the joint is difficult to postulate) is to use copulas, which can 
> > construct multivariate distributions from univariate marginals. If 
> > this is appropriate for this application, the "copula" package might

> > be of help.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dimitris
> >
> > ---
> > Dimitris Rizopoulos
> > Ph.D. Student
> > Biostatistical Centre
> > School of Public Health
> > Catholic University of Leuven
> >
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