NEWS

eva 0.2.7 (2026-06-21)

gpdFit(): fixed parameter initialization when starting values are supplied via the start argument; start is now correctly split into scale and shape components instead of being passed through unprocessed (#6).
Sequential tests: fixed an erroneous double rev() in the ForwardStop / StrongStop computation of gpdSeqTests() and gevrSeqTests(). As a result, pSeqStop() now takes p-values in the order the hypotheses are tested and preserves that order (previously it expected pre-reversed input).
gevrFit(): the variance-covariance matrix is now computed safely; a singular Hessian returns an NA covariance matrix instead of throwing an error.

gevrFit(): added extendInt = "yes" to the internal uniroot() call to make the moment-based starting value for the shape parameter more robust.
gpdSeqTests(): clarified documentation that candidate thresholds are tested in the order supplied and should be given from lowest to highest, with an example of applying the ForwardStop rule.
Added formal package citations for the Statistics and Computing (2017) and Annals of Applied Statistics (2018) papers.
Vignette now uses SpatialExtremes conditionally (guarded by requireNamespace()) so it builds even when that package is not installed.