Margarida Brito's Annual Report (2013)
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Introduction of two asymptotic equivalent bias corrected geometric-type estimators of the tail index and determination of the corresponding asymptotic behaviour. Application of the suggested estimators to construct asymptotic confidence intervals for this tail parameter.
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Organization of the Open Day „Statistics. Statistics? Statistics!“, celebrating the International Year of Statistics, FCUP, Porto 20th December 2013. Text of divulgation published online at FCUP, December 2013.
https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?P_NR=6391
Collaboration in "17 estatísticos para 12 meses":
- Biography of K. F. Gauss;
- Biography of Harald Cramér.
Ed.: Emília Athaide, SPE, 2013, ISBN 978-972-8890-28-5.
Consultancy projects at Gabinete de Estatística, Modelação e Aplicações Computacionais (GEMAC/CMUP):
-Employee Climate Survey, collaboration with MBA Consultores, Lda.. Consultancy developed together with J. N. Tavares (project coordinator), E. Coutinho and S. Gouveia.