Limit theorems for the number and sum of near-maxima for medium tails

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Hu, Zhishui ^a   Su, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Medium tail; Near maxima; Thick tail

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037905655     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(03)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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