Dear Dr. Martin, I'm glad that you replied to my queries.
As advised, I have prepared the following: library(copula) # 5 series of data, A, B, C, D and E A <- c(0.849420849, 0.900652985, 0.97144217, 0.817888428, 0.877901578, 1.070040669, 0.889742431, 0.87588968, 0.853541938, 0.848664688, 0.876830319, 0.749582638, 0.818515498, 0.890997174, 0.794766966, 0.784794851, 0.814858959, 1.074396518, 0.83752495, 0.894341116, 0.880375293, 0.900816803) B <- c(0.479850746, 0.652111668, 1.880607815, 0.579902303, 0.50669344, 0.747560182, 0.701754386, 0.48969697, 0.346751006, 0.379234973, 0.862691466, 0.328280188, 0.317312661, 0.534438115, 0.487002653, 0.335043612, 0.373346897, 0.627520161, 0.792114695, 0.938253012, 0.444553967, 0.625972763) C <- c(0.693491124, 0.866523143, 4.585714286, 1.512055109, 0.387755102, 0.513435701, 0.76252505, -0.113113113, 0.338521401, 0.333951763, 0.668755595, 0.401273885, 0.419868791, 0.272885789, 0.541541542, 0.32751938, 0.386409736, 0.957446809, 0.861195542, 1.531632653, 0.431610942, 1.226470588) D <- c(0.807792208, 0.548547718, 0.738232865, 0.542247744, 1.088964927, 0.862385321, 0.60720268, 1.000816993, 0.699289661, 0.41723356, 0.604037267, 0.605003791, 0.698940998, 0.764792899, 0.647897898, 0.825256975, 0.767476085, 0.941391941, 0.889547813, 0.324503311, 0.942435424, 0.740686633) E <- c(1.077598829, 0.318507891, 1.152616279, 0.930397727, 1.515994437, 0.940689655, 0.880886427, 1.054274084, 1.067282322, 0.677419355, 0.966233766, 0.761029412, 1.05734767, 0.615925059, 1.061988304, 1.07184241, 1.058890147, 1.123873874, 1.304891923, -0.069584736, 1.172757475, 0.501096491) gumbel.copula <- gumbelCopula(dim = 2) p <- pobs(as.matrix(cbind(D + E, A + B+ C ))) fit.gumbel <- fitCopula(gumbel.copula, p, method = "ml") #The error is here when trying to fit the gumbel copula # I got the following error: Error in optim(start, loglikCopula, lower = lower, upper = upper, method = method, : non-finite finite-difference value [1] In addition: Warning message: In .local(copula, tau, ...) : tau is out of the range [0, 1] #Due to error in fitting the gumbel copula, this step can't be processed coef(fit.gumbel) gofCopula(gumbel.Copula, p, estim.method = "mpl", method = "Sn", simulation = "mult") Thanks in advance! Best regards, Isaudin On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch > wrote: > >>>>> Isaudin Ismail <isau...@gmail.com> > >>>>> on Tue, 9 Aug 2016 14:30:18 +0100 writes: > > > Dear R experts, > > I have 5 time series of data (A, B, C, D and E) with all same > lengths. All > > series exhibit gamma distribution except for B which is lognormal > > distribution. I am using copula package to model the > joint-distribution of > > these 5 times series. > > > I have selected Archimedean copula and successfully fitted Frank and > > Clayton copula. The problem is when trying to fit Gumbel copula. > > > The following are the codes I used to run in R. > > > # Data of 5 time series > > > A <- A > > B <- B > > C <- C > > D <- D > > E <- E > > well, the above is really an "interesting" block of R code ;-) > > -- > > More seriously, please learn to use reproducible examples, > e.g., from here > http://bit.ly/MRE_R (nice to remember: MRE = Minimal Reproducible > Example) > or here > http://adv-r.had.co.nz/Reproducibility.html > > then we will be glad to help you, > notably I as maintainer of the package 'copula' which you are > using (without saying so). > > With regards, > Martin Maechler > > > > # Combined between A and C > > A+C <- A + C > > > gumbel.copula <- gumbelCopula(dim = 5) > > m <- pobs(as.matrix(cbind(A+C, B, D, E))) > > fit.gumbel<- fitCopula(gumbel.copula, m, method = 'ml') > > > And the error while trying to fit gumbel copula: > > > Error in optim(start, loglikCopula, lower = lower, upper = upper, > method = > > method, : > > non-finite finite-difference value [1] > > In addition: Warning message: > > In .local(copula, tau, ...) : tau is out of the range [0, 1] > > > Appreciate all help! > > > Many thanks, > > Isaudin > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.