On approximations for two classes of Poisson mixtures

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-366

  Vinogradov, Vladimir ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bachelier's law; Esscher transform; Inverse Gaussian law; Laplace's method; L vy stable law; Poisson mixture; Positive Linnik law; Second order local approximation; Sichel's law; Unit variance function

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049138957     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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