This book presents the state of the art in extreme value theory, with a
collection of articles related to a seminal paper on the bivariate
extreme value distribution written by Professor Masaaki Sibuya in 1960,
demonstrating various developments of the original idea over the last
half-century. Written by active researchers, the unique combination of
articles allows readers to gain a sense of the excellence of the field,
ranging from theory to practice, and the tradition of theoretical
developments motivated by practically important issues such as tsunamis
and financial crises. The contributions discuss a range of topics,
including the parameter estimation of the generalized beta distribution,
resampling with the empirical beta copula, and regression analysis on
imbalanced binary data, as well as the semiparametric estimation of the
upper bound of extrema, the long-term analysis of extreme precipitation
over Japanese river basins, and various rules of thumb in hydrology.