Closed form summation for classical distributions: variations on a theme of de Moivre

From MaRDI portal
Publication:1596024

DOI10.1214/ss/1177011699zbMath0955.60500OpenAlexW2059584073MaRDI QIDQ1596024

Persi Diaconis, Sandy L. Zabell

Publication date: 7 February 2001

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177011699




Related Items (50)

The heat equation and Stein's identity: connections, applicationsParametric Stein operators and variance boundsGeometric sums, size biasing and zero biasingBounds for the chi-square approximation of the power divergence family of statisticsStein's method on Wiener chaosA lower bound on the probability that a binomial random variable is exceeding its meanThe sample size required in importance samplingProducts of normal, beta and gamma random variables: Stein operators and distributional theoryGeneralized Popoviciu expansions for Bernstein polynomials of a rational moduleOn the property of multivariate generalized hyperbolic distribution and the Stein-type inequalityOn discrete Gibbs measure approximation to runsApproximation Results for Sums of Independent Random VariablesFirst-order covariance inequalities via Stein's methodHardy's Reduction for a Class of Liouville Integrals of Elementary FunctionsA Stein characterisation of the generalized hyperbolic distributionUnified extension of variance bounds for integrated Pearson familyThe generalized Pearson family of distributions and explicit representation of the associated density functionsMean absolute deviations of sample means and minimally concentrated binomialsOne optional observation inflates \(\alpha\) by \({100/\sqrt{n}}\) per centBounds for the chi-square approximation of Friedman's statistic by Stein's methodIdentifying the distribution of linear combinations of gamma random variables via Stein’s methodIn praise (and search) of J. V. UspenskyA note on the closed-form solution for the longest head run problem of Abraham de MoivreSome Applications of the Lorenz Curve in Decision AnalysisGibbs sampling, conjugate priors and couplingUnnamed ItemSample Size Determination Using Bayesian Decision Criteria Under Absolute Value Loss FunctionA sharp estimate of the binomial mean absolute deviation with applicationsAn extended Stein-type covariance identity for the Pearson family with applications to lower variance boundsStrengthened Chernoff-type variance boundsDilations, Linear Matrix Inequalities, the Matrix Cube Problem and Beta DistributionsNourdin-Peccati analysis on Wiener and Wiener-Poisson space for general distributionsStein operators for variables form the third and fourth Wiener chaosesOn the rate of convergence of discretely defined operatorsA class of count models and a new consistent test for the Poisson distributionSpectral representation of transition density of Fisher–Snedecor diffusionOrthogonal polynomials in Stein's methodBochner-Pearson-type characterization of the free Meixner classAlgebraic polynomials and moments of stochastic integralsCorrected confidence intervals for adaptive nonlinear regression modelsDistributional transformations, orthogonal polynomials, and Stein characterizationsLord Stanhope's papers on the ``Doctrine of ChancesAn algebra of Stein operatorsOrthogonal polynomial expansions to evaluate stop-loss premiumsSeries Expansions for the First Passage Distribution of Wong–Pearson Jump-DiffusionsAn optimal Berry-Esseen type theorem for integrals of smooth functionsTHE BRENKE TYPE GENERATING FUNCTIONS AND EXPLICIT FORMS OF MRM-TRIPLES BY MEANS OF Q-HYPERGEOMETRIC SERIESStein's method, logarithmic Sobolev and transport inequalitiesSome Stein-type inequalities for multivariate elliptical distributions and applicationsThe mean and median absolute deviations




This page was built for publication: Closed form summation for classical distributions: variations on a theme of de Moivre