High quantile regression for extreme events

Abstract For extreme events, estimation of high conditional quantiles for heavy tailed distributions is an important problem. Quantile regression is a useful method in this field with many applications. Quantile regression uses an L 1-loss function, and an optimal solution by means of linear program...

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Main Authors: Mei Ling Huang, Christine Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40488-017-0058-3