Multivariate saddlepoint tail probability approximations

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 274-286

  Kolassa, John E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional probability; Hypergeometric distribution; Lattice variable; Tail probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144438847     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1046294465     Document Type: Article

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