scholarly journals Nonparametric Estimation of Multivariate Extreme Value Copulas with Known and Unknown Marginal Distributions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2068 (1) ◽  
pp. 012003
Author(s):  
Ayari Samia ◽  
Mohamed Boutahar

Abstract The purpose of this paper is estimating the dependence function of multivariate extreme values copulas. Different nonparametric estimators are developed in the literature assuming that marginal distributions are known. However, this assumption is unrealistic in practice. To overcome the drawbacks of these estimators, we substituted the extreme value marginal distribution by the empirical distribution function. Monte Carlo experiments are carried out to compare the performance of the Pickands, Deheuvels, Hall-Tajvidi, Zhang and Gudendorf-Segers estimators. Empirical results showed that the empirical distribution function improved the estimators’ performance for different sample sizes.

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 488
Author(s):  
Hang K. Ryu ◽  
Daniel J. Slottje ◽  
Hyeok Y. Kwon

The Gini coefficient is generally used to measure and summarize inequality over the entire income distribution function (IDF). Unfortunately, it is widely held that the Gini does not detect changes in the tails of the IDF particularly well. This paper introduces a new inequality measure that summarizes inequality well over the middle of the IDF and the tails simultaneously. We adopt an unconventional approach to measure inequality, as will be explained below, that better captures the level of inequality across the entire empirical distribution function, including in the extreme values at the tails.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchandan Kayal

Abstract Extropy was introduced as a dual complement of the Shannon entropy. In this investigation, we consider failure extropy and its dynamic version. Various basic properties of these measures are presented. It is shown that the dynamic failure extropy characterizes the distribution function uniquely. We also consider weighted versions of these measures. Several virtues of the weighted measures are explored. Finally, nonparametric estimators are introduced based on the empirical distribution function.


1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Michel K. Ochi

This paper discusses the effect of statistical dependence of the maxima (peak values) of a stationary random process on the magnitude of the extreme values. A theoretical analysis of the extreme values of a stationary normal random process is made, assuming the maxima are subject to the Markov chain condition. For this, the probability distribution function of maxima as well as the joint probability distribution function of two successive maxima of a normal process having an arbitrary spectral bandwidth are applied to Epstein's theorem for evaluating the extreme values in a given sample under the Markov chain condition. A numerical evaluation of the extreme values is then carried out for a total of 14 random processes, including nine ocean wave records, with various spectral bandwidth parameters ranging from 0.11 to 0.78. From the results of the computations, it is concluded that the Markov concept is applicable to the maxima of random processes whose spectral bandwidth parameter, ɛ, is less than 0.5, and that the extreme values with and without the Markov concept are constant irrespective of the e-value, and the former is approximately 10 percent greater than the latter. It is also found that the sample size for which the extreme value reaches a certain level with the Markov concept is much less than that without the Markov concept. For example, the extreme value will reach a level of 4.0 (nondimensional value) in 1100 observations of the maxima with the Markov concept, while the extreme value will reach the same level in 3200 observations of the maxima without the Markov concept.


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