An Overview and Open Research Topics in Statistics of Univariate Extremes

This review paper focuses on statistical issues arising in modeling univariate extremes of a random sample. In the last three decades there has been a shift from the area of parametric statistics of extremes, based on probabilistic asymptotic results in extreme value theory, towards a semi-parametr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jan Beirlant, Frederico Caeiro, M. Ivette Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2012-04-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/109