Title:
Extreme value theory in engineering
Personal Author:
Series:
Statistical modeling and decision science
Publication Information:
San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 1988
ISBN:
9780121634759
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000000196836 | QA273.6 C36 1988 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
This book is a comprehensive guide to extreme value theory in engineering. Written for the end user with intermediate and advanced statistical knowledge, it covers classical methods as well as recent advances. A collection of 150 examples illustrates the theoretical results and takes the reader from simple applications through complex cases of dependence.
Table of Contents
| Introduction and Motivation |
| Order Statistics |
| Asymptotic Distributions of Maxima and Minima (I.D. Case) |
| Shortcut Procedures: Probability Papers and Least-Square Methods |
| The Gumbel, Weibull, and Frechet Distributions |
| Selection of Limit Distributions from Data |
| Limit Distributions of K-TH Order Statistics |
| Limit Distributions in the Case of Dependence |
| Multivariate and Regression Models Related to Extremes |
| Multivariate Extremes |
| Appendixes |
