Metric multivariate poisson approximation of the generalized multinomial distribution

Theory of Probability and its Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 306-315

  Roos, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized multinomial distribution; Multivariate Charlier B expansion; Point metric; Poisson approximation; Total variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032243456     PISSN: 0040585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0040585x97976921     Document Type: Article

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