Extreme value and record statistics in heavy-tailed processes with long-range memory

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 196, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-334

  Schumann, Aicko Y ^a   Moloney, Nicholas R ^a,b   Davidsen, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

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EID: 84885156889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001088     Document Type: Article

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