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LOI VALEURS EXTREMES [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Probability distribution of the largest (smallest) observation in a sample.

CONT

The generalized extreme-value distribution (GEVD) was introduced by Jenkinson (1955). It is now widely used to model extremes of natural and environmental data. The GEVD has three parameters: a location parameter... a scale parameter ... and a shape parameter ...

OBS

Commonly used extreme value distributions are Fréchet, Gumbel and Weibull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Mathématiques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Distribution de probabilités des valeurs les plus grandes (ou les plus petites) d'un échantillon.

OBS

On utilise souvent les lois de Fréchet, Gumbel et Weibull.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
  • Matemáticas
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Ley de distribución de probabilidad de los valores mayores (o menores) de una muestra.

OBS

Son utilizadas habitualmente las leyes de Fréchet, Gumbel y Weibull.

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