Package: heavytails
Title: Estimators and Algorithms for Heavy-Tailed Distributions
Version: 0.2.0
Authors@R: 
    person("Farid", "Rohan", , "frohan@ur.rochester.edu", role = c("aut", "cre"))
Description: Implements the estimators and algorithms described in Chapters 8 and 9 of the book "The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails: Properties, Emergence, and Estimation" by Nair et al. (2022, ISBN:9781009053730). These include the Hill estimator, Moments estimator, Pickands estimator, Peaks-over-Threshold (POT) method, Power-law fit, and the Double Bootstrap algorithm.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Depends: R (>= 3.5.0)
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Imports: graphics, stats
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-03-27 20:27:32 UTC; diraf
Author: Farid Rohan [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Farid Rohan <frohan@ur.rochester.edu>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-03-27 21:00:02 UTC
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