Minimum distance threshold selection procedure
thselect.mdps(xdat)a list with components
k0order statistic corresponding to threshold (number of exceedances)
shapeHill's estimator of the tail index based on k0 exceedances
thresh0numerical value of the threshold, the n-k0+1 order statistic of the original sample
vector of positive exceedances
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