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Asymptotic laws of records values have usually been investigated as limits in type. In this paper, we use functional representations of the tail of cumulative distribution functions in the extreme value domain of attraction to directly establish asymptotic laws of records value, not necessarily as limits in type. Results beyond the extreme value value domain are provided. Explicit asymptotic laws concerning very usual laws are listed as well. Some of these laws are expected to be used in fitting distribution
We analyze almost sure asymptotic behavior of extreme values of a regenerative process. We show that under certain conditions a properly centered and normalized running maximum of a regenerative process satisfies a law of the iterated logarithm for the $limsup$ and a law of the triple logarithm for the $liminf$. This complements a previously known result of Glasserman and Kou [Ann. Appl. Probab. 5(2) (1995), 424--445]. We apply our results to several queuing systems and a birth and death process.
For $widetilde{cal R} = 1 - exp(- {cal R})$ a random closed set obtained by exponential transformation of the closed range ${cal R}$ of a subordinator, a regenerative composition of generic positive integer $n$ is defined by recording the sizes of clusters of $n$ uniform random points as they are separated by the points of $widetilde{cal R}$. We focus on the number of parts $K_n$ of the composition when $widetilde{cal R}$ is derived from a gamma subordinator. We prove logarithmic asymptotics of the moments and central limit theorems for $K_n$ and other functionals of the composition such as the number of singletons, doubletons, etc. This study complements our previous work on asymptotics of these functionals when the tail of the Levy measure is regularly varying at $0+$.
Bairamov et al. (Aust N Z J Stat 47:543-547, 2005) characterize the exponential distribution in terms of the regression of a function of a record value with its adjacent record values as covariates. We extend these results to the case of non-adjacent covariates. We also consider a more general setting involving monotone transformations. As special cases, we present characterizations involving weighted arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means.
We prove that any non commutative polynomial of r independent copies of Wigner matrices converges a.s. towards the polynomial of r free semicircular variables in operator norm. This result extends a previous work of Haagerup and Thorbjornsen where GUE matrices are considered, as well as the classical asymptotic freeness for Wigner matrices (i.e. convergence of the moments) proved by Dykema. We also study the Wishart case.
The univariate extreme value theory deals with the convergence in type of powers of elements of sequences of cumulative distribution functions on the real line when the power index gets infinite. In terms of convergence of random variables, this amounts to the the weak convergence, in the sense of probability measures weak convergence, of the partial maximas of a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables. In this monograph, this theory is comprehensively studied in the broad frame of weak convergence of random vectors as exposed in Lo et al.(2016). It has two main parts. The first is devoted to its nice mathematical foundation. Most of the materials of this part is taken from the most essential Lo`eve(1936,177) and Haan (1970), based on the stunning theory of regular, pi or gamma variation. To prepare the statistical applications, a number contributions I made in my PhD and my Doctorate of Sciences are added in the last chapter of the last chapter of that part. Our real concern is to put these materials together with others, among them those of the authors from his PhD dissertations and Science doctorate thesis, in a way to have an almost full coverage of the theory on the real line that may serve as a master course of one semester in our universities. As well, it will help the second part of the monograph. This second part will deal with statistical estimations problems related to extreme values. It addresses various estimation questions and should be considered as the beginning of a survey study to be updated progressively. Research questions are tackled therein. Many results of the author, either unpublished or not sufficiently known, are stated and/or updated therein.