Signed binomial approximation of binomial mixtures via differential calculus for linear operators

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3687-3695

  Adell, José A ^a   Anoz, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Binomial approximation; Binomial mixture; Krawtchouk polynomials; Signed measure; Total variation distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649097497     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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