The Plackett Copula is
$$\mathbf{C}_{\Theta}(u,v) = \frac{[1+(\Theta-1)(u+v)]-\sqrt{[1+(\Theta-1)(u+v)]^2 - 4uv\Theta(\Theta-1)}}{2(\Theta - 1)}$$
The Plackett family is comprehensive because as $\Theta \rightarrow 0$ the copula becomes $\mathbf{W}(u,v)$(W), as $\Theta \rightarrow \infty$ the copula becomes $\mathbf{M}(u,v)$ (M) and for $\Theta = 1$ the copula is $\Pi(u,v)$ (P, independence). The Plackett family has been widely used in modeling and as an alternative to bivariate distributions. The Plackett family has respective lower and upper tail dependencies of $\lambda_L = 0$ and $\lambda_U = 0$.
Usage
PLACKETTcop(u, v, para=NULL, ...)
Arguments
u
A nonexceedance probability in X direction,
v
A nonexceedance probability in Y direction,
para
A vector (single element) of parameters---the $\Theta$ parameter, and
...
Additional arguments to pass.
Value
The value for the copula is returned.
References
Nelson, R.B., 2006, An introduction to copulas: New York, Springer, 269 p.