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

DOI10.1239/AAP/1231340163zbMATH Open1157.62005OpenAlexW2166806238MaRDI QIDQ3603196FDOQ3603196

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

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

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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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• Improved lower bounds on the total variation distance for the Poisson approximation
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