Binomial approximation for dependent indicators

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 703-714

  Soon, Spario Y T ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Coupling; Indicators; Stein's method; Total variation distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444438740     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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