On computing the distribution function for the Poisson binomial distribution

DOI10.1016/j.csda.2012.10.006zbMath1400.62036OpenAlexW1965014932MaRDI QIDQ106661

Yili Hong, Yili Hong

Publication date: March 2013

Published in: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2012.10.006

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic functionnormal approximationlongevity risk\(k\)-out-of-\(n\) systemsum of independent random indicatorswarranty returns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Characteristic functions; other transforms (60E10) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

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