Relaxation of monotone coupling conditions: Poisson approximation and beyond

DOI10.1017/jpr.2018.48zbMath1402.62022arXiv1706.04064OpenAlexW3105396931WikidataQ60522075 ScholiaQ60522075MaRDI QIDQ4555288

Oliver Johnson, Fraser Daly

Publication date: 19 November 2018

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04064

zbMATH Keywords

Poincaré inequalitystochastic orderingPoisson approximationnormal approximationmonotone couplingsize biasing(negative) association

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17)

Related Items (3)

Asymptotics of multivariate contingency tables with fixed marginals ⋮ Concentration inequalities from monotone couplings for graphs, walks, trees and branching processes ⋮ Poisson approximation with applications to stochastic geometry

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