Saddle point approximation for the distribution of the sum of independent random variables
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DOI10.2307/1426607zbMath0425.60042OpenAlexW2331747324WikidataQ61603317 ScholiaQ61603317MaRDI QIDQ3860576
Robert Lugannani, Stephen Rice
Publication date: 1980
Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1426607
Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Limit theorems in probability theory (60F99)
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