Statistics of Extremes (Hardcover)

by Emil Julius Gumbel (Author)

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Universally acknowledged as the classic text in its field, this volume covers order statistics and their exceedances; exact distribution of extremes; analytical study of extremes; the 1st asymptotic distribution; uses of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd asymptotes; and the range summary. 1958 edition. Includes 44 tables and 97 graphs.

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Product Details Hardcover: 375 pages Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr (June 1958) Language: English ISBN-10: 0231021909 ISBN-13: 978-0231021906 Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,044,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 38 of 38 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars classic text of historical significance, January 29, 2002 By  Michael R. Chernick "statman13" (Malvern, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The asymptotic theory of extremes goes back to the work of Fisher and Tippett in 1928. Gnedenko in 1943 completed the theory for independent identically distributed random variables in his famous 1943 paper. However it was Emil Gumbel who popularized the technique in the 1950s most notable with the publication of this text in 1958. He showed engineers and scientists how to fit extreme value type distributions to reliability data. The double exponential distribution, the limiting distribution for Gaussian data is often referred to as the Gumbel distribution. As a graduate student in the 1970s I studied extremes and the only available texts to rely on were Gumbel's book and the book on order statistics by David. Things changed shortly thereafter with the first edition of Galambos in 1978 and Leadbetter, Lindgren and Rootzen in 1983. These latter books extended the theory to dependent situations. I found Gumbel's book somewhat difficult to read. He has a style that I found difficult to get use to and the mathematical language is not quite the same as the modern texts. Still it is an important classic text that researchers in extreme value theory should go through at least once. If you are interested in learning about the theory and applications scratch it is best to go to the most recent modern text by Stuart Coles. 27 of 27 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars historically the first and important book on extremes, January 23, 2008 By  Michael R. Chernick "statman31147" (Holland PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The asymptotic theory of extremes goes back to the work of Fisher and Tippett in 1928. Gnedenko in 1943 completed the theory for independent identically distributed random variables in his famous 1943 paper. However it was Emil Gumbel who popularized the technique in the 1950s most notable with the publication of this text in 1958. He showed engineers and scientists how to fit extreme value type distributions to reliability data. The double exponential distribution, the limiting distribution for Gaussian data is often referred to as the Gumbel distribution. As a graduate student in the 1970s I studied extremes and the only available texts to rely on were Gumbel's book and the book on order statistics by David. Things changed shortly thereafter with the first edition of Galambos in 1978 and Leadbetter, Lindgren and Rootzen in 1983. These latter books extended the theory to dependent situations. I found Gumbel's book somewhat difficult to read. He has a style that I found difficult to get use to and the mathematical language is not quite the same as the modern texts. Still it is an important classic text that researchers in extreme value theory should go through at least once. If you are interested in learning about the theory and applications scratch it is best to go to the most recent modern text by Stuart Coles. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A useful book for scientists and engineers in all disciplines, October 24, 2008 By  Erik Bochove - See all my reviews This review is from: Statistics of Extremes (Paperback) The subject of this book is not normally covered in most textbooks about statistics, and it was quite new to me. Since it was first published 50 years ago it is likely that more up-to-date texts are available (see the previous review). Nevertheless, I expect this book to be one of the most useful that I have encountered on a specialized topic, since I applied a technique I learned from it almost immediately to a research paper in laser physics. Its methods should be applicable to a wide variety of other fields, and will almost certainly impact my future research. I am very enthusiastic about the book, and considering its price, it is a bargain as well.		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr (June 1958)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231021909
• ISBN-13: 978-0231021906
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,044,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars classic text of historical significance, January 29, 2002

By	Michael R. Chernick "statman13" (Malvern, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The asymptotic theory of extremes goes back to the work of Fisher and Tippett in 1928. Gnedenko in 1943 completed the theory for independent identically distributed random variables in his famous 1943 paper. However it was Emil Gumbel who popularized the technique in the 1950s most notable with the publication of this text in 1958. He showed engineers and scientists how to fit extreme value type distributions to reliability data. The double exponential distribution, the limiting distribution for Gaussian data is often referred to as the Gumbel distribution.

As a graduate student in the 1970s I studied extremes and the only available texts to rely on were Gumbel's book and the book on order statistics by David. Things changed shortly thereafter with the first edition of Galambos in 1978 and Leadbetter, Lindgren and Rootzen in 1983. These latter books extended the theory to dependent situations.

I found Gumbel's book somewhat difficult to read. He has a style that I found difficult to get use to and the mathematical language is not quite the same as the modern texts. Still it is an important classic text that researchers in extreme value theory should go through at least once.

If you are interested in learning about the theory and applications scratch it is best to go to the most recent modern text by Stuart Coles.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars historically the first and important book on extremes, January 23, 2008

By	Michael R. Chernick "statman31147" (Holland PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The asymptotic theory of extremes goes back to the work of Fisher and Tippett in 1928. Gnedenko in 1943 completed the theory for independent identically distributed random variables in his famous 1943 paper. However it was Emil Gumbel who popularized the technique in the 1950s most notable with the publication of this text in 1958. He showed engineers and scientists how to fit extreme value type distributions to reliability data. The double exponential distribution, the limiting distribution for Gaussian data is often referred to as the Gumbel distribution.
As a graduate student in the 1970s I studied extremes and the only available texts to rely on were Gumbel's book and the book on order statistics by David. Things changed shortly thereafter with the first edition of Galambos in 1978 and Leadbetter, Lindgren and Rootzen in 1983. These latter books extended the theory to dependent situations.

I found Gumbel's book somewhat difficult to read. He has a style that I found difficult to get use to and the mathematical language is not quite the same as the modern texts. Still it is an important classic text that researchers in extreme value theory should go through at least once.

If you are interested in learning about the theory and applications scratch it is best to go to the most recent modern text by Stuart Coles.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A useful book for scientists and engineers in all disciplines, October 24, 2008

By	Erik Bochove - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics of Extremes (Paperback)

The subject of this book is not normally covered in most textbooks about statistics, and it was quite new to me. Since it was first published 50 years ago it is likely that more up-to-date texts are available (see the previous review). Nevertheless, I expect this book to be one of the most useful that I have encountered on a specialized topic, since I applied a technique I learned from it almost immediately to a research paper in laser physics. Its methods should be applicable to a wide variety of other fields, and will almost certainly impact my future research. I am very enthusiastic about the book, and considering its price, it is a bargain as well.