Stein factors for negative binomial approximation in Wasserstein distance

DOI10.3150/14-BEJ595zbMATH Open1329.62077arXiv1310.6074OpenAlexW2141596282MaRDI QIDQ2348733FDOQ2348733

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 15 June 2015

Published in: Bernoulli (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper gives the bounds on the solutions to a Stein equation for the negative binomial distribution that are needed for approximation in terms of the Wasserstein metric. The proofs are probabilistic, and follow the approach introduced in Barbour and Xia (Bernoulli 12 (2006) 943-954). The bounds are used to quantify the accuracy of negative binomial approximation to parasite counts in hosts. Since the infectivity of a population can be expected to be proportional to its total parasite burden, the Wasserstein metric is the appropriate choice.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.6074

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zbMATH Keywords

Wasserstein distanceStein's methodStein factorsnegative binomial approximationparasite model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

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