lambdaGenPick: Auxiliary function to compute Segers' estimator
Description
This function computes
$$\lambda_{\delta, \rho}^c$$
given in Theorem 4.1 of Segers (2005) and is called by generalizedPick
.
It is not intended to be called by the user.References
Mueller, S. and Rufibach K. (2009).
Smooth tail index estimation.
J. Stat. Comput. Simul., 79, 1155--1167.
Segers, J. (2005).
Generalized Pickands estimators for the extreme value index.
J. Statist. Plann. Inference, 128, 381--396.