Abstract #302130

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302130
Activity Number: 126
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: IMS
Abstract - #302130
Title: Some Inference Problems of Extreme Value Distribtions Based on k Records
Author(s): Mohammad Ahsanullah*+
Companies: Rider University
Address: Rm #CBA 325 Management Sciences Dept., Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648-3001,
Keywords: extreme value distributions ; record values ; parameter estimation ; prediction
Abstract:

Several distributional properties of k record values of extreme value distributions are discussed. Some recurrence relations of the moments are given. The problem of the estimation of the location and scale parameters are studied. Predictions of the sth record value based on the first m (m< s) record values are given. Several applications of the results in the records of Olympic Games are presented.

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