Sharp constants in the Poisson approximation

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-168

  Roos, Bero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Poisson approximation; Poisson binomial distribution; Primary 60F05; Probability metrics; Secondary 60G50; Sharp constants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000885438     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(00)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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