Abstract
Smoothing of the data by averaging is suggested in order to study the maximum. The maximum of the smoothed data is approximated by that of a Gaussian sample and thus is more robust against outliers.
Citation
Yashaswini Mittal. "Smoothing of Samples for Maxima." Ann. Statist. 9 (1) 66 - 77, January, 1981. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176345333
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