Saddle-point Methods for the Multinomial Distribution

DOI10.1214/AOMS/1177706790zbMath0091.14302OpenAlexW2031770777MaRDI QIDQ3266064

Irving John Good

Publication date: 1957

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177706790

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probability theory etc.

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