A new method of normal approximation (Q941307)

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    A new method of normal approximation
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      A new method of normal approximation (English)
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      4 September 2008
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      The author uses a new variant of Stein's method to show that a large class of normal approximation problems reduce to a variance bounding exercise. Examples include quadratic forms, an occupancy problem, coverage processes, and a central limit theorem for nearest-neighbor statistics.
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      central limit theorem
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      Stein's method
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      nearest neighbors
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      coverage processes
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      quadratic forms
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      occupancy problems
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