This document discusses using maximum likelihood estimation to fit a generalized extreme value distribution to annual maximum precipitation data from Burke Garden, VA for two time periods. The results show similar location, scale, and shape parameter estimates for both periods, indicating no significant change in the distribution of extreme precipitation events over time.
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1. Estimation of Generalized Extreme
Value Distribution:
Maximum-likelihood Method
Case study:
Precipitation Annual Maximum Series
Burke Garden, VA
Ako Heidari
2. Extreme Value Theory
Branch Of Statistics
Dealing With The Extreme Deviations
From The Median Of Probability Distributions
Try To Assess
The Probability Of Events That Are More Extreme Than Any
Previously Observed
Based On Given Ordered Sample
4. GEV Applications:
Used In Many Disciplines
Specially In Hydrology And Meteorology
Wind Engineering
Management Strategy
Biomedical Data Process
Thermodynamic Of Earthquake
5. GEV Distribution:
family of continuous probability distributions
developed within extreme value theory
unites the Gumbel, Fr辿chet and Weibull distributions
AKA: type I, II and III
F(x;亮,,両)=exp{[1+両(
モ
)]}
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is the location parameter
> 0 the scale parameter and 両 the shape parameter.
8. Different Method:
Method Of Moments
Maximum Likelihood
Likelihood Function: ; = ;
Is Unique In Adaptability To Model Changing
9. R packages for extreme
values
Ismev package
extReme
Fetdvcommand
10. Functions for extreme value distributions
Extends simulation, distribution, quantile and density
functions
univariate and multivariate data
parametric extreme value distributions
A. G. Stephenson. evd: Extreme Value Distributions. R News, 2(2):31-32, June 2002. URL: http://CRAN.R-project.org/doc/Rnews/
Package: evd
18. Summary
Question: Estimating Extreme Values For A Specific Time Series
Methodology: Maximum Likelihood, Generalized Extreme Value
Answer: No Significant Change