Exact norms of a Stein-type operator and associated stochastic orderings

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-366

  Lefèvre, Claude ^a   Utev, Sergey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Exact norms; Stein type operator; Stochastic order in distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345414126     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-003-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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