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Extreme value models are widely used in different areas. The Birnbaum–Saunders distribution is receiving considerable attention due to its physical arguments and its good properties. We propose a methodology based on extreme value Birnbaum–Saunders regression models, which includes model formulation, estimation, inference and checking. We further conduct a simulation study for evaluating its performance. A statistical analysis with real-world extreme value environmental data using the methodology is provided as illustration.
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The authors wish to thank the Editors and three anonymous referees for their constructive comments on an earlier version of this manuscript, which resulted in this improved version. This study was partially supported by the Chilean Council for Scientific and Technological Research under the project grant FONDECYT 1120879, by FEDER Funds through “Programa Operacional de Factores de Competitividade-COMPETE” and by Portuguese Funds through “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia” (FCT) under the project Grants PEst-OE/MAT/UI0006/2014 (CEAUL) and PEst-OE/MAT/UI0013/2014.
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Appendix 1: Hessian matrix
For the case \(\xi \ne 0\), \({\varvec{V}} = {{\text{ diag }}(v_1,\ldots ,v_n)}\), \({\varvec{k}} = (k_1,\ldots ,k_n)^\top \) and \({\varvec{u}} = (u_1,\ldots ,u_n)^\top \) defined in (7) have elements
In addition, we have
For the case \(\xi = 0\), \(\varvec{V}_0 = {{\text{ diag }}(v_{0,1},\ldots ,v_{0,n})}\) and \(\varvec{k}_0 = {(k_{0,1},\ldots ,k_{0,n})}^\top \) defined in (8) have elements
In addition, we have
Appendix 2: Data set
Daily maximum ozone concentration data (\(T\), in ppb): 14.290, 40.820, 40.310, 45.920, 8.163, 13.270, 11.220, 21.940, 14.800, 20.920, 38.270, 32.650, 41.330, 46.430, 42.860, 23.980, 27.040, 34.180, 20.410, 11.730, 36.220, 11.220, 31.120, 13.270, 13.270, 16.330, 19.900, 14.800, 15.820, 14.800, 14.800, 18.370, 8.673.
Daily maximum temperature data (\(X\), in \(^{\circ }\)C): 16.8, 24.2, 22.9, 22.5, 15.8, 17.2, 14.8, 18.5, 16.4, 19.8, 26.5, 18.1, 19.1, 22.2, 21.4, 21.3, 25.5, 20.3, 15.7, 16.2, 22.7, 16.8, 22.5, 17.0, 16.5, 17.6, 16.8, 17.9, 18.4, 18.7, 19.9, 17.1, 15.4.
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Leiva, V., Ferreira, M., Gomes, M.I. et al. Extreme value Birnbaum–Saunders regression models applied to environmental data. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess 30, 1045–1058 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-015-1069-6
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