Extremevalue analysis– A brief overview with an application to flow discharge rate data in a hydrometric station in the North of Portugal

REVSTAT-Statistical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 193-215

  Penalva, Helena ^a,b   Nunes, Sandra ^b,c   Neves, M Manuela ^d,e  

^a Department of Economics and Management   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d Centre of Agricultural Engineering Research   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Extreme value theory; Parametric and semi parametric estimation; Statistical choice of the tail; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964522763     PISSN: 16456726     EISSN: 21830371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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