Poisson approximation by constrained exponential tilting.

DOI10.1016/S0167-7152(02)00350-4zbMATH Open1091.62005MaRDI QIDQ1812042FDOQ1812042

Authors: Steven J. Kathman, George R. Terrell 

Publication date: 18 June 2003

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Poisson approximationSaddlepoint methodsProbability generating functionExponential tilting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic functions; other transforms (60E10) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

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