Statistics of extremes in athletics

REVSTAT-Statistical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-153

  Henriques Rodrigues, Lígia ^a   Ivette Gomes, M ^b   Pestana, Dinis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Athletics; Excellence indicators; Extreme value index; Monte carlo methodology; Right endpoint; Semi parametric estimation; Statistics of extremes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055057083     PISSN: 16456726     EISSN: 21830371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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