The extremal index for a Markov chain
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 29 (1) , 37-45
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3214789
Abstract
The paper presents a method of computing the extremal index for a discrete-time stationary Markov chain in continuous state space. The method is based on the assumption that bivariate margins of the process are in the domain of attraction of a bivariate extreme value distribution. Scaling properties of bivariate extremes then lead to a random walk representation for the tail behaviour of the process, and hence to computation of the extremal index in terms of the fluctuation properties of that random walk. The result may then be used to determine the asymptotic distribution of extreme values from the Markov chain.Keywords
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