University of Southampton Reports Research in Ocean Engineering

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2011 SEP 14 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "The generalised Pareto distribution (GPD) isrnoften used to model the distribution of storm peak wave heights exceeding a high threshold,rnfrom which return values can be calculated. There are large differences in the performance ofrnvarious parameter and quantile estimators for the GPD," investigators in Southampton, UnitedrnKingdom report.