Non-uniform bounds for geometric approximation

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Phillips, M J ^a   Weinberg, Graham V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geometric approximation; Immigration birth death process; Non uniform bounds; P lya distribution; Stein Chen method; Total variation distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042278545     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(00)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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