Estimating the extremal index through the tail dependence concept

The extremal index θ is an important parameter in extreme value analysis when extending results from independent and identically distributed sequences to stationary ones. A connection between the extremal index and the tail dependence coefficient allows the introduction of new estimators. The propos...

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Main Author: Ferreira, Marta Susana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/46967
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/46967