Lecture

Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Extremes

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This lecture covers the statistical analysis of multivariate extremes, including extremal limit theorems, point processes, Gaussian processes, Poisson processes, and models for extremes of time series. The instructor explains the estimation of marginal distributions, model fitting, and model assessment. The lecture also explores the estimation of dependence functions and the fitting of space-time models. Various max-stable models are discussed, along with the comparison of observed and simulated values. The lecture emphasizes the importance of pairwise likelihood and the use of information measures for model selection.

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In probability, statistics and related fields, a Poisson point process is a type of random mathematical object that consists of points randomly located on a mathematical space with the essential feature that the points occur independently of one another. The Poisson point process is often called simply the Poisson process, but it is also called a Poisson random measure, Poisson random point field or Poisson point field.

Cox process

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Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley, in the 1920s, and Claude Shannon in the 1940s. The field, in applied mathematics, is at the intersection of probability theory, statistics, computer science, statistical mechanics, information engineering, and electrical engineering. A key measure in information theory is entropy.

Mutual information

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Point process

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