Estimation of spatial max-stable models using threshold exceedances

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 651-662

  Bacro, Jean Noel ^a   Gaetan, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite likelihood; Extremal dependence; Generalized Pareto distribution; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928167680     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: 15731375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-013-9394-4     Document Type: Article

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