Back Teoria de valors extrems Catalan Extremwerttheorie German Teoría de valores extremos Spanish نظریه مقدار حدی Persian Théorie des valeurs extrêmes French Extrémérték-elmélet Hungarian Teoria dei valori estremi Italian Extreme waarde (kansrekening) Dutch 极值理论 Chinese
Extreme value theory or extreme value analysis (EVA) is the study of extremes in statistical distributions.
It is widely used in many disciplines, such as structural engineering, finance, economics, earth sciences, traffic prediction, and geological engineering. For example, EVA might be used in the field of hydrology to estimate the probability of an unusually large flooding event, such as the 100-year flood. Similarly, for the design of a breakwater, a coastal engineer would seek to estimate the 50 year wave and design the structure accordingly.