QQ plots, random sets and data from a heavy tailed distribution

Stochastic Models

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-132

  Das, B ^a,b   Resnick, S I ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hausdorff metric; QQ plots; Random sets; Regular variation

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; GRAPH THEORY; METRIC SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HAUSDORFF METRICS; RANDOM SETS; REGULAR VARIATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 38849199219     PISSN: 15326349     EISSN: 15324214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326340701828308     Document Type: Article

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