Limit theorems for extremes with random sample size

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 777-806

  Silvestrov, Dmitrii S ^a   Teugels, Jozef L ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extremal process; Random sample size; Renewal stopping; Skorokhod J topology; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542421192     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001867800008600     Document Type: Article

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