Function Reference: gevcdf

statistics: p = gevcdf (x)
statistics: p = gevcdf (x, k)
statistics: p = gevcdf (x, k, sigma)
statistics: p = gevcdf (x, k, sigma, mu)
statistics: p = gevcdf (…, "upper")

Generalized extreme value (GEV) cumulative distribution function (CDF).

p = gevcdf (x, k, sigma, mu) returns the CDF of the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution with shape parameter k, scale parameter sigma, and location parameter mu, evaluated at the values in x. The size of p is the common size of the input arguments. A scalar input functions as a constant matrix of the same size as the other inputs.

Default values for K, SIGMA, and MU are 0, 1, and 0, respectively.

When k < 0, the GEV is the type III extreme value distribution. When k > 0, the GEV distribution is the type II, or Frechet, extreme value distribution. If W has a Weibull distribution as computed by the wblcdf function, then -W has a type III extreme value distribution and 1/W has a type II extreme value distribution. In the limit as k approaches 0, the GEV is the mirror image of the type I extreme value distribution as computed by the evcdf function.

The mean of the GEV distribution is not finite when k >= 1, and the variance is not finite when k >= 1/2. The GEV distribution has positive density only for values of x such that K*(X-MU)/SIGMA > -1.

p = gevcdf (…, "upper") returns the upper tail probability of the generalized extreme value distribution.

References

  1. Rolf-Dieter Reiss and Michael Thomas. Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values with Applications to Insurance, Finance, Hydrology and Other Fields. Chapter 1, pages 16-17, Springer, 2007.

See also: gevinv, gevpdf, gevrnd, gevfit, gevlike, gevstat

Source Code: gevcdf