Estimation for type II domain of attraction based on the W statistic

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Hasofer, A M ^a   Li, S ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domains of attraction; Estimating equation; Extreme values; High quantiles; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460411     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842X.00076     Document Type: Article

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