A comparison of confidence intervals for generalized extreme-value distributions

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-360

  Dupuis, D J ^a   Field, C A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Coverage; Generalized extreme value distribution; Optimal bounded robust estimates; Probability weighted moment estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032275127     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659808811918     Document Type: Article

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