On the distribution of the maximum of a Gaussian field with d parameters

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 15, Issue 1 A, 2005, Pages 254-278

  Azaïs, Jean Marc ^a,c   Wschebor, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gaussian fields; Regularity of the distribution of the maximum; Rice formula

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544289144     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051604000000602     Document Type: Article

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