Statistical choice of extreme value domains of attraction - A comparative analysis

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 789-811

  Fraga Alves, M I ^a   Ivette Gomes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Extreme value theory; Order statistics; Regular variation; Statistical choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345886922     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929608831732     Document Type: Article

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