EVIboost for the Estimation of Extreme Value Index under Heterogeneous Extremes

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Main Authors: Wang, Jiaxi, Hou, Yanxi, Li, Xingchi, Wang, Tiandong
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author Wang, Jiaxi
Hou, Yanxi
Li, Xingchi
Wang, Tiandong
author_facet Wang, Jiaxi
Hou, Yanxi
Li, Xingchi
Wang, Tiandong
contents Modeling heterogeneity on heavy-tailed distributions under a regression framework is challenging, and classical statistical methodologies usually place conditions on the distribution models to facilitate the learning procedure. However, these conditions are likely to overlook the complex dependence structure between the heaviness of tails and the covariates. Moreover, data sparsity on tail regions also makes the inference method less stable, leading to largely biased estimates for extreme-related quantities. This paper proposes a gradient boosting algorithm to estimate a functional extreme value index with heterogeneous extremes. Our proposed algorithm is a data-driven procedure that captures complex and dynamic structures in tail distributions. We also conduct extensive simulation studies to show the prediction accuracy of the proposed algorithm. In addition, we apply our method to a real-world data set to illustrate the state-dependent and time-varying properties of heavy-tail phenomena in the financial industry.
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spellingShingle EVIboost for the Estimation of Extreme Value Index under Heterogeneous Extremes
Wang, Jiaxi
Hou, Yanxi
Li, Xingchi
Wang, Tiandong
Methodology
Modeling heterogeneity on heavy-tailed distributions under a regression framework is challenging, and classical statistical methodologies usually place conditions on the distribution models to facilitate the learning procedure. However, these conditions are likely to overlook the complex dependence structure between the heaviness of tails and the covariates. Moreover, data sparsity on tail regions also makes the inference method less stable, leading to largely biased estimates for extreme-related quantities. This paper proposes a gradient boosting algorithm to estimate a functional extreme value index with heterogeneous extremes. Our proposed algorithm is a data-driven procedure that captures complex and dynamic structures in tail distributions. We also conduct extensive simulation studies to show the prediction accuracy of the proposed algorithm. In addition, we apply our method to a real-world data set to illustrate the state-dependent and time-varying properties of heavy-tail phenomena in the financial industry.
title EVIboost for the Estimation of Extreme Value Index under Heterogeneous Extremes
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.14512