Space-time modelling of extreme events

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 439-461

  Huser, R ^a   Davison, A C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composite likelihood; Extremal coefficient; Max stable process; Rainfall data; Random set; Threshold based inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893717397     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12035     Document Type: Article

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