Description: This book is a comprehensive guide to extreme value theory in engineering. Written for the end user with intermediate and advanced statistical knowledge, it covers classical methods as well as recent advances. A collection of 150 examples illustrates the theoretical results and takes the reader from simple applications through complex cases of dependence.
Review Quotes: "The book is well written in an easy, accessible style and it can be used as a textbook or as consulting book." --ZENTRALBLATT FUR MATHEMATIK
"The book is in a formati which makes it easy to use from the point of view of applications. It is clearly written, and especially commendable is the inclusion of several pertinent data sets." --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS