Presentation: Applying extreme value theory to public health

07.05.2024 10:45 - 11:45

This talk will show applications of the extreme value theory to public health data. We will present two methods in relation to the extreme value theory: the blocks method and the peaks-over-threshold method and apply them to weekly death rates from pneumonia and influenza over the period 1979-2011 in France. 

We will then present an extended version of the extreme value theory which can be applied in the multivariate setting. More specifically, we shall attempt to build a structural equation model using the peaks-over-threshold method in order to study causal relationships among multiple variables.

Speaker

  • Danyu Li
    •  PhD student DESS / Division de biostatistique Unisanté

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