Continuity corrections for integer-valued saddlepoint approximations (Q2497807)

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Continuity corrections for integer-valued saddlepoint approximations
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    Continuity corrections for integer-valued saddlepoint approximations (English)
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    4 August 2006
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    Let \(X_1,X_2,\dots\), be integer-valued r.v's taking values \(N_1, N_1+1,\dots, N_2\), where \(N_1\), \(N_2\) can be infinite. The authors discuss the accuracy of the saddlepoint approximations for the upper tail \(P(\overline{X}\geq x)\).
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    Lugannani-Rice formula
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    continuity corrections
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    relative errors
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    tail area approximations
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    saddlepoint approximation
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