Exact values and sharp estimates for the total variation distance between binomial and Poisson distributions

DOI10.1239/AAP/1231340163MaRDI QIDQ3603196zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors José A. Adell, José M. Anoz, Alberto Lekuona

Publication date 16 February 2009

Published in Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1239/aap/1231340163

zbMATH Keywords

binomial distributionPoisson approximationtotal variation distanceCharlier polynomialKrawtchouk polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

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