Extreme value analysis in biometrics

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-272

  Hüsler, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exceedances; Goodness of fit; Modeling with trend; Multivariate extreme values; Peaks over thresholds

Indexed keywords

EXCEEDANCE; EXTREME VALUE; EXTREME-VALUE ANALYSIS; GOODNESS OF FIT; I.I.D RANDOM VARIABLES; I.I.D. RANDOM VARIABLES; MODELING WITH TREND; MULTIVARIATE EXTREME VALUE; MULTIVARIATE EXTREMES; PEAKS OVER THRESHOLD;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMETRY; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; REVIEW; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; HEART RATE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANKTON; SPORTS;

EID: 66349098439     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200800239     Document Type: Article

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