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For each n ≥ 1, let \(\{ X_{in}, \quad i \geqslant 1 \}\) be independent copies of a nonnegative continuous stochastic process X n = (X n (s)) s∈S indexed by a compact metric space S. We are interested in the process of partial maxima \(\tilde M_{n}(t,s) =\max \{ X_{in}(s), 1 \leqslant i\leqslant [nt] \},\quad t\geq 0,\ s\in S,\) where the brackets [ ⋅ ] denote the integer part. Under a regular variation condition on the sequence of processes X n , we prove that the partial maxima process \(\tilde M_{n}\) weakly converges to a superextremal process \(\tilde M\) as \(n\to \infty \). We use a point process approach based on the convergence of empirical measures. Properties of the limit process are investigated: we characterize its finite-dimensional distributions, prove that it satisfies an homogeneous Markov property, and show in some cases that it is max-stable and self-similar. Convergence of further order statistics is also considered. We illustrate our results on the class of log-normal processes in connection with some recent results on the extremes of Gaussian processes established by Kabluchko.
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Eyi-Minko, F., Dombry, C. Extremes of independent stochastic processes: a point process approach. Extremes 19, 197–218 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10687-016-0243-7
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Keywords
- Extreme value theory
- Partial maxima process
- Superextremal process
- Functional regular variations
- Weak convergence