Kerstan's method in the multivariate poisson approximation: An expansion in the exponent

Theory of Probability and its Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 358-363

  Roos, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expansion in the exponent; Generalized multinomial distribution; Kerstan's method; Multivariate Poisson approximation; Total variation distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038808756     PISSN: 0040585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0040585X97979779     Document Type: Article

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