A berry-esseen theorem for Hypergeometric probabilities under minimal conditions

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1535-1545

  Lahiri, S N ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950653391     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08676-5     Document Type: Article

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