Nonparametric smoothing in extreme value theory

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-138). === This work investigates the modelling of non-stationary sample extremes using a roughness penalty approach, in which smoothed natural cubic splines are fitted to the location and scale parameters of the generalized extreme value distribution a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clur, John-Craig
Other Authors: Haines, Linda
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10285