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Logarithmic Asymptotics for Multidimensional Extremes Under Nonlinear Scalings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2018

K. M. Kosiński*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, and Eindhoven University of Technology
M. Mandjes*
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology, and CWI Amsterdam
*
Postal address: Instytut Matematyczny, University of Wrocław, pl. Grunwaldzki 2/4, 50-384 Wrocław, Poland. Email address: kosinski@math.uni.wroc.pl
∗∗ Postal address: Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94248, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Let W = {Wn: nN} be a sequence of random vectors in Rd, d ≥ 1. In this paper we consider the logarithmic asymptotics of the extremes of W, that is, for any vector q > 0 in Rd, we find that logP(there exists nN: Wnuq) as u → ∞. We follow the approach of the restricted large deviation principle introduced in Duffy (2003). That is, we assume that, for every q0, and some scalings {an}, {vn}, (1 / vn)logP(Wn / anuq) has a, continuous in q, limit JW(q). We allow the scalings {an} and {vn} to be regularly varying with a positive index. This approach is general enough to incorporate sequences W, such that the probability law of Wn / an satisfies the large deviation principle with continuous, not necessarily convex, rate functions. The equations for these asymptotics are in agreement with the literature.

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Research Article
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© Applied Probability Trust 

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