An expansion in the exponent for compound binomial approximations

Lithuanian Mathematical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-91

  Cekanavicius V ^a   Roos, B ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound binomial distribution; Compound Poisson distribution; Concentration norm; Expansion in the exponent; Kolmogorov norm; Sharp constants; Shifted distributions; Symmetric distributions; Total variation norm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747172588     PISSN: 03631672     EISSN: 15738825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10986-006-0013-3     Document Type: Article

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