BCD: Bivariate Distributions via Conditional Specification

Overview

BCD is an R package that implement of bivariate binomial, geometric, and Poisson distributions based on conditional specifications. The package also includes tools for data generation and goodness-of-fit testing for these three distribution families.

Installation

Install the package from CRAN:

install.packages("BCD")

Or install the development version from GitHub:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("mnrzrad/BCD")

Quick Start

samples <- rgeomBCD(n = 50, q1 = 0.2, q2 = 0.2, q3 = 0.5)
result <-MLEgeomBCD(samples)
print(result)

data(abortflights)
MLEgeomBCD(abortflights)

Authors

• Mina Norouzirad : Lead Developer, Conceptualization
• Filipe J. Marques: Methodology
• Indranil Ghosh : Contributor

Documentation

For detailed documentation, please refer to:

• CRAN Documentation
• GitHub Repository

Citation

If you use PSinference in your research, please cite:

@Manual{BCD, 
    title = {BCD: Bivariate Distributions via Conditional Specification}, 
    author = {Mina Norouzirad and Filipe J. Marques and Indranil Shosh}, 
    year = {2025}, 
    note = {R package version 0.1.0}, 
    url = {https://cran.r-project.org/package=BCD}
}

License

GPL (>= 2)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see our GitHub repository