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Version 2.4     2012 Jan 23

   o   The package uses lazy loading of data, so its datasets (Appalach,
       Cascades, Maxwind) can be accessed without first calling data().

   o   regtst() now responds more quickly to a user interrupt (e.g. pressing
       Esc from the R Windows GUI).

   o   Fixed: regtst() would give an error when the discordancy measure could
       not be calculated because the covariance matrix of the sample L-moment
       ratios (matrix A of Hosking and Wallis, 1997, eq. (3.2)) was singular.


Version 2.3     2010 Aug 21

   o   regsimq() no longer gives an error when asked to compute the estimation
       accuracy for an infinite quantile; instead it returns NaN values in the
       relevant places (i.e., elements corresponding to infinite quantiles in
       the "rel.RMSE" and "rel.bound..." variables of the data frames in
       components "relbounds.rgc" and "relbounds.by.site").

   o   Fixed: when a data frame with only 6 columns was supplied as argument
       'regdata' of regtst(), and summary() was called on the resulting object
       of class "regtst", an error would occur ("Error in quawak ... missing
       values in parameter vector").


Version 2.2     2009 Nov 16

   o   evplot.rfd() gains an argument 'add'.

   o   In the return values of regquantbounds() and sitequantbounds(),
       column names of "bound" items no longer contain an embedded space:
       their format is "bound.0.05" etc.

   o   The data frame supplied as argument 'regdata' of regtst() now need have
       only 6 rather than 7 columns; if it does, some output quantities will
       not be calculated.  (Originally claimed as a feature of Version 2.0,
       but not actually implemented therein.)


Version 2.1     2009 Jul 10

   o   evplot.rfd() is now exported from the package namespace.

   o   Fixed: as.regdata() would give an error when its argument 'x' was a
       data frame with default column names ("V1, "V2", etc.).


Version 2.0     2009 Apr 30

   o  This version of the package aims to enable straightforward computation
      of all the procedures in chapters 3-6 of Hosking and Wallis (1997).
      To that end there are several new functions:

      *  regavlmom() computes regional average L-moments. It is similar to
         reglmr() but its interface is more consistent with other functions
         in the package.

      *  regfit() fits a regional frequency distribution to a regional data
         set.

      *  regsimh() runs simulations to estimate the distribution of
         heterogeneity and goodness-of-fit measures.

      *  regsimq() runs simulations to estimate the variability of quantile
         estimates from a regional frequency distribution.

      *  regqfunc() and siteqfunc() return the regional growth curve and the
         quantile functions for individual sites, respectively, from a regional
         frequency distribution fitted by regfit().

      *  regquant() and sitequant() directly compute quantiles of the regional
         growth curve and of distributions for individual sites, respectively,
         from a regional frequency distribution fitted by regfit().

      *  regquantbounds() and sitequantbounds() compute error bounds for
         the regional growth curve and for quantiles at individual sites,
         respectively, from a regional frequency distribution fitted by
         regfit().

      *  print.rfd(), print.regsimh(), and print.regsimq() are print methods
         for the objects returned by regfit(), regsimh(), and regsimq(),
         respectively.

   o   Class "regdata" is introduced as a standard structure for storing
       L-moments and other key data for the sites in a region.

   o   New function as.regdata() coerces suitably structured data frames to
       class "regdata".

   o   New function evplot.rfd() is a method for generic function evplot()
       in package 'lmom'.  It facilitates graphical display of the results
       returned by regfit(), regquantbounds(), and sitequantbounds().

   o   regsamlmu(), with suitable values of its arguments, now returns
       an object of class "regdata".

   o   Argument 'regdat' of regtst() is renamed 'regdata', and is expected
       to be of class "regdata" (after coercion if necessary).

   o   reglmr() is deprecated; regavlmom() is the recommended replacement.


Version 1.0     2009 Mar  1

   o   First public release.  Functions included:
         cluagg
         cluinf
         clukm
         print.regtst
         print.summary.regtst
         reglmr
         regsamlmu
         regtst
         summary.regtst

       Data sets included:
         Appalach
         Cascades
         Maxwind