A Poisson approximation with applications to the number of maxima in a discrete sample

DOI10.1016/S0167-7152(98)00288-0zbMath0961.60036MaRDI QIDQ1962159

Peter Olofsson

Publication date: 1999

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05)

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• Probability approximations via the Poisson clumping heuristic
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