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ACTSC 965Extreme Value Theory

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Actuarial Science

ACTSC 965 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

Ruin Theory for heavy-tailed distributions. Fluctuation of maxima and upper order statistics. Extreme value distributions: Weibull, Frechet, Gumbel and generalized Pareto. Mean excess function. Statistical methods for external events. Estimation of parameters of extreme value and excess distributions. Applications in finance and insurance.

Prerequisites

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Antirequisites

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Leads to

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