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Chapter 1 is basic for the understanding of the main subjects treated in this book. It is assumed that the given data are generated according to a random mechanism that can be linked to some parametric statistical model.
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(2007). Parametric Modeling. In: Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7399-3_1
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