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| author | Boulin, Alexis Bücher, Axel |
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| contents | We propose a new and interpretable class of high-dimensional tail dependence models based on latent linear factor structures. Specifically, extremal dependence of an observable vector is assumed to be driven by a lower-dimensional latent $K$-factor model, where $K \ll d$, thereby inducing an explicit form of dimension reduction. Geometrically, this is reflected in the support of the associated spectral dependence measure, whose intrinsic dimension is at most $K-1$. The loading structure may additionally exhibit sparsity, meaning that each component is influenced by only a small number of latent factors, which further enhances interpretability and scalability. Under mild structural assumptions, we establish identifiability of the model parameters and provide a constructive recovery procedure based on a margin-free tail pairwise dependence matrix, which also yields practical rank-based estimation methods. The framework combines naturally with marginal tail models and is particularly well suited to high-dimensional settings. We illustrate its applicability in a spatial wind energy application, where the latent factor structure enables tractable estimation of the risk that a large proportion of turbines simultaneously fall below their cut-in wind speed thresholds. |
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| spellingShingle | Dimension Reduction in Multivariate Extremes via Latent Linear Factor Models Boulin, Alexis Bücher, Axel Methodology We propose a new and interpretable class of high-dimensional tail dependence models based on latent linear factor structures. Specifically, extremal dependence of an observable vector is assumed to be driven by a lower-dimensional latent $K$-factor model, where $K \ll d$, thereby inducing an explicit form of dimension reduction. Geometrically, this is reflected in the support of the associated spectral dependence measure, whose intrinsic dimension is at most $K-1$. The loading structure may additionally exhibit sparsity, meaning that each component is influenced by only a small number of latent factors, which further enhances interpretability and scalability. Under mild structural assumptions, we establish identifiability of the model parameters and provide a constructive recovery procedure based on a margin-free tail pairwise dependence matrix, which also yields practical rank-based estimation methods. The framework combines naturally with marginal tail models and is particularly well suited to high-dimensional settings. We illustrate its applicability in a spatial wind energy application, where the latent factor structure enables tractable estimation of the risk that a large proportion of turbines simultaneously fall below their cut-in wind speed thresholds. |
| title | Dimension Reduction in Multivariate Extremes via Latent Linear Factor Models |
| topic | Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23143 |