Modelling extremal events using Gnedenko distributions

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1099-1113

  Huillet, Thierry ^a   Raynaud, Henri Francois ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

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EID: 0033582398     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/32/7/003     Document Type: Article

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