This book introduces the main theoretical findings related to copulas
and shows how statistical modeling of multivariate continuous
distributions using copulas can be carried out in the R statistical
environment with the package copula (among others).
Copulas are multivariate distribution functions with standard uniform
univariate margins. They are increasingly applied to modeling dependence
among random variables in fields such as risk management, actuarial
science, insurance, finance, engineering, hydrology, climatology, and
meteorology, to name a few.
In the spirit of the Use R! series, each chapter combines key
theoretical definitions or results with illustrations in R. Aimed at
statisticians, actuaries, risk managers, engineers and environmental
scientists wanting to learn about the theory and practice of copula
modeling using R without an overwhelming amount of mathematics, the book
can also be used for teaching a course on copula modeling.