Models for stationary max-stable random fields (Q1424664)

The max-stable process \(Z\) is the limit process of maxima of i.i.d. random fields (processes). The author considers different methods of generating stationary max-stable processes on \(R^d\). For example, the following theorem is proved: Let \(Y\) be a stationary process on \(R^d\) with \(\mu= E\max\{0,Y(0)\}\in(0,\infty)\) and let \(\Pi\) be a Poisson process on \((0,\infty)\) with the intensity measure \(d\Lambda(s)=\mu^{-1}s^{-2}ds\). Then \(Z(x)=\max_{s\in\Pi} sY_s(x), \) where \(Y_s\) are i.i.d. copies of \(Y\), is a stationary max-stable process with unit Fréchet margins. A simulation technique for such processes is described.