Extreme value statistics and traveling fronts: various applications

Satya N. Majumdar and P.L. Krapivsky

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2003, vol. 318, issue 1, 161-170

Abstract: An intriguing connection between extreme value statistics and traveling fronts has been found recently in a number of diverse problems. In this short review we outline a few such problems and consider their various applications.

Keywords: Extreme value statistics; Traveling fronts; Velocity selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01422-X

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