Mean-of-Order-p Location-Invariant Extreme Value Index Estimation

A simple generalisation of the classical Hill estimator of a positive extreme value index (EVI) has been recently introduced in the literature. Indeed, the Hill estimator can be regarded as the logarithm of the mean of order p = 0 of a certain set of statistics. Instead of such a geometric mean, we...

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Main Authors: M. Ivette Gomes, Lígia Henriques-Rodrigues, B.G. Manjunath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2016-06-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/190