Exact and approximate runs distributions

DOI10.1080/03610929208830904zbMath0777.62021MaRDI QIDQ4202726

Anant P. Godbole, Michelle C. Gornowicz

Publication date: 19 December 1993

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610929208830904

zbMATH Keywords

coupling; normal approximation; Stein-Chen method; Berry-Esséen theorem; Poisson limit theorem; \(m\)-dependent random variables; number of runs; Bernoulli \((p)\) trials; convolution of two negative binomial random variables; rate of sup norm convergence; sum of 1-dependent indicators; total variation error bounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62E20: Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics

60F05: Central limit and other weak theorems

62E15: Exact distribution theory in statistics

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