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Statistical Theory of Extreme Values and Some Practical Applications. A Series of Lectures.

PB175818

Publication Date	1954
Personal Author	Gumbel, E. J.
Page Count	60
Abstract	This monograph is based on four lectures given at the National Bureau of Standards under the sponsorship of the Applied Mathematics Division. The aim of this publication is to make the statistical theory and techniques of extreme values readily available to scientists and engineers. This seems necessary because the original papers, partly written in foreign languages and published in remote journals, are not easy to find. The first lecture outlines some of the practical problems to which the theory pertains. The second lecture introduces certain new statistical tools necessary for the theory, which is developed in the third lecture, first in exact, then in asymptotic form. The fourth lecture shows a series of practical applications and gives all numerical details for enabling interested readers to apply the method to their own problems.
Keywords	Sampling Statistical analysis Probability Distribution theory Control Floods Climatology Aeronautics Quality control Radioactivity Life expectancy Bacteria Extreme-value problem
NTIS Subject Category	72 - Mathematical Sciences 48G - Hydrology & Limnology 55C - Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather Forecasting
Corporate Authors	National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Applied Mathematics Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Applied mathematics series.
NTIS Issue Number	196721

Statistical Theory of Extreme Values and Some Practical Applications. A Series of Lectures.

Statistical Theory of Extreme Values and Some Practical Applications. A Series of Lectures.
PB175818

Publication Date	1954
Personal Author	Gumbel, E. J.
Page Count	60
Abstract	This monograph is based on four lectures given at the National Bureau of Standards under the sponsorship of the Applied Mathematics Division. The aim of this publication is to make the statistical theory and techniques of extreme values readily available to scientists and engineers. This seems necessary because the original papers, partly written in foreign languages and published in remote journals, are not easy to find. The first lecture outlines some of the practical problems to which the theory pertains. The second lecture introduces certain new statistical tools necessary for the theory, which is developed in the third lecture, first in exact, then in asymptotic form. The fourth lecture shows a series of practical applications and gives all numerical details for enabling interested readers to apply the method to their own problems.
Keywords	Sampling Statistical analysis Probability Distribution theory Control Floods Climatology Aeronautics Quality control Radioactivity Life expectancy Bacteria Extreme-value problem
NTIS Subject Category	72 - Mathematical Sciences 48G - Hydrology & Limnology 55C - Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather Forecasting
Corporate Authors	National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Applied Mathematics Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Applied mathematics series.
NTIS Issue Number	196721