Two new methods are suggested for estimating the dependence function of a bivariate extreme-value distribution. One is based on a multiplicative modification of an earlier technique proposed by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A bivariate distribution with continuous margins can be uniquely decomposed via a copula and its marginal distributions. We consider the ...

In this lecture, the univariate twin model is extended to the bivariate twin model. It is explained how the variance in two traits is decomposed into additive genetic, non-additive genetic, and ...