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An urn approach to generalized extreme shock models

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  • Cirillo, Pasquale
  • Hüsler, Jürg

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We introduce a new intuitive approach to generalized extreme shock models (GESM) using urn processes. This allows us to indirectly model the moving risky threshold of generalized extreme shock models introduced in [Gut, A., Hsler, J., 2005. Realistic variation of shock models. Statistics & Probability Letters 74, 187-204]. The basic idea is to link the colors of the balls in the urn with the levels of risk a system can face, and model the evolution of the process using a triangular reinforcement matrix. Using the analytic approach proposed in [Flajolet, P., Gabarro, J., Pekari, H., 2005. Analytic urns. Annals of Probability 33, 1200-1233], we explicitly derive probabilities, moments and limit laws for different types of balls, that is for the distinct levels of risk. Our model can be also considered as a way to incorporate GESM in a Bayesian framework. In fact, urn processes are an important tool of Bayesian Nonparametrics, in the way they allow us to compute posterior distributions without an explicit knowledge of priors.

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  • Cirillo, Pasquale & Hüsler, Jürg, 2009. "An urn approach to generalized extreme shock models," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 79(7), pages 969-976, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:79:y:2009:i:7:p:969-976
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    1. R. Pillai, 1990. "On Mittag-Leffler functions and related distributions," Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Springer;The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, vol. 42(1), pages 157-161, March.
    2. Gut, Allan & Hüsler, Jürg, 2005. "Realistic variation of shock models," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 187-204, September.
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    1. Janßen Anja & Segers Johan, 2024. "Invariance properties of limiting point processes and applications to clusters of extremes," Dependence Modeling, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, January.
    2. Pasquale Cirillo & Jürg Hüsler & Pietro Muliere, 2013. "Alarm Systems and Catastrophes from a Diverse Point of View," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 821-839, December.
    3. Cirillo, Pasquale & Hüsler, Jürg, 2011. "Extreme shock models: An alternative perspective," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 25-30, January.

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