On the dependence function of Sibuya in multivariate extreme value theory
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Nonparametric estimation of the dependence function in bivariate extreme value distributions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
On Pickands coordinates in arbitrary dimensions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Random Graph Dynamics (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics)
Random Graph Dynamics (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics)
Nonparametric estimation of the dependence function for a multivariate extreme value distribution
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
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Inference on an extreme-value copula usually proceeds via its Pickands dependence function, which is a convex function on the unit simplex satisfying certain inequality constraints. In the setting of an i.i.d. random sample from a multivariate distribution with known margins and an unknown extreme-value copula, an extension of the Caperaa-Fougeres-Genest estimator was introduced by D. Zhang, M. T. Wells and L. Peng [Nonparametric estimation of the dependence function for a multivariate extreme-value distribution, Journal of Multivariate Analysis 99 (4) (2008) 577-588]. The joint asymptotic distribution of the estimator as a random function on the simplex was not provided. Moreover, implementation of the estimator requires the choice of a number of weight functions on the simplex, the issue of their optimal selection being left unresolved. A new, simplified representation of the CFG-estimator combined with standard empirical process theory provides the means to uncover its asymptotic distribution in the space of continuous, real-valued functions on the simplex. Moreover, the ordinary least-squares estimator of the intercept in a certain linear regression model provides an adaptive version of the CFG-estimator whose asymptotic behavior is the same as if the variance-minimizing weight functions were used. As illustrated in a simulation study, the gain in efficiency can be quite sizable.