Saddlepoint Approximations with Applications

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511619083zbMath1183.62001MaRDI QIDQ3594659

Ronald W. Butler

Publication date: 9 August 2007

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511619083

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62E20: Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics

62-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistics

62E17: Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic)

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