Detecting flood‐rich and flood‐poor periods in annual peak discharges across Europe

D Lun, S Fischer, A Viglione… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a method from Scan statistics for identifying flood‐rich and flood‐poor
periods (ie, anomalies) in flood discharge records. Exceedances of quantiles with 2‐, 5 …

Detecting flood-type-specific flood-rich and flood-poor periods in peaks-over-threshold series with application to Bavaria (Germany)

S Fischer, D Lun, AH Schumann, G Blöschl - … Environmental Research and …, 2023 - Springer
Previous studies suggest that flood-rich and flood-poor periods are present in many flood
peak discharge series around the globe. Understanding the occurrence of these periods …

A simple compound scan statistic useful for modeling insurance and risk management problems

VM Koutras, MV Koutras, F Yalcin - Insurance: Mathematics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work we study the distribution of a random sum of random variables which is
related to a binary scan statistic for Markov dependent trials. The motivation of the model …

A new adaptive procedure for multiple window scan statistics

TL Wu, J Glaz - Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2015 - Elsevier
Scan statistics have been widely applied to test for unusual cluster of events in many
scientific areas. It has been of practical interest on how to select the window size of a scan …

The Scan Statistic for Multidimensional Data and Social Media Applications

R Sparks, C Paris - Handbook of Scan Statistics, 2024 - Springer
This chapter reviews the literature on the scan statistic with particular emphasis on its
application. The chapter considers the application of the scan statistic to social media data …

Waiting for Scans Containing Two Successes

MV Koutras, SD Dafnis - Handbook of Scan Statistics, 2024 - Springer
In the present chapter, we present a review of results pertaining to the distribution of waiting
times for the occurrence (s) of scans of type 2∕ r in sequences of binary trials. Our review …

Asymptotic results for the multiple scan statistic

MV Boutsikas, MV Koutras… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The contribution of the theory of scan statistics to the study of many real-life applications has
been rapidly expanding during the last decades. The multiple scan statistic, defined on a …

Approximating the Distribution of the Multiple Scan Statistic

MV Koutras, FS Milienos - Handbook of Scan Statistics, 2024 - Springer
Approximating the Distribution of the Multiple Scan Statistic Page 1 4 Approximating the
Distribution of the Multiple Scan Statistic Markos V. Koutras and FS Milienos Contents …

On Scan Statistics Through the Finite Markov Chain Imbedding Approach

WYW Lou, JC Fu - Handbook of Scan Statistics, 2024 - Springer
This chapter provides a short review of the finite Markov chain imbedding approach for
studying the distributions of discrete scan statistics, multiple window scan statistics, and …

New maximal inequalities for N-demimartingales with scan statistic applications

MV Koutras, DP Lyberopoulos - Journal of Applied Probability, 2017 - cambridge.org
In the present work, some new maximal inequalities for nonnegative N-demi (super)
martingales are first developed. As an application, new bounds for the cumulative …