A three-parameter binomial approximation

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1073-1085

  Peköz, Erol A ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^b   Röllin, Adrian ^c   Čekanavičius, Vydas ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial approximation; Poisson binomial distribution; Stein's method

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449106755     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1261670689     Document Type: Article

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