*@ Mr. Alspach and @ Mr. Winsemius : Thanks for replying. reqdIRR contains returns in lognormal form.I am trying to estimate parameter for type-1 Gumbel Distribution and fit it into reqdIRR.
If i use sapply its returning me NA values. * I am having the following error in my function function(theta,reqdIRR) { theta1<-theta[1] theta2<-theta[2] n<-length(reqdIRR) constant<- n*(theta1+theta2) sum1<-lapply(reqdIRR*exp (theta1),FUN = sum) sum2<-lapply(exp(theta2 - reqdIRR*exp(theta1)),FUN = sum) sum = sum1 + sum2 log.fcn = constant - as.numeric(sum) result = - log.fcn return(result) } *error : neg.log.gumbel(1,reqdIRR) Error in sum1 + sum2 : non-numeric argument to binary operator > how can i rectify the error?Its really urgent... * [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.