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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2022

Jayakrishnan Nair
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Adam Wierman
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
Bert Zwart
Affiliation:
Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam
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An introduction to the class of heavy-tailed distributions, including formal definitions, basic properties, and examples of common distributions that are heavy-tailed.

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The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails
Properties, Emergence, and Estimation
, pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Jayakrishnan Nair, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology, Bert Zwart, Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam
  • Book: The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails
  • Online publication: 17 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053730.002
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  • Introduction
  • Jayakrishnan Nair, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology, Bert Zwart, Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam
  • Book: The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails
  • Online publication: 17 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053730.002
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  • Introduction
  • Jayakrishnan Nair, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology, Bert Zwart, Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam
  • Book: The Fundamentals of Heavy Tails
  • Online publication: 17 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009053730.002
Available formats
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