Poisson approximations in selected metrics by coupling and semigroup methods with applications

DOI10.1016/0378-3758(88)90080-8zbMath0656.60035OpenAlexW2086165979MaRDI QIDQ1110185

Dietmar Pfeifer, Paul Deheuvels, Robert J. Serfling, Alan F. Karr

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3758(88)90080-8

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson approximationWasserstein metricsminimal metricscoupling argumentssemigroup-techniques

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Groups and semigroups of linear operators (47D03) Representation of semigroups; actions of semigroups on sets (20M30)

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