Stein factor bounds for random variables

DOI10.1239/JAP/1014843100MaRDI QIDQ2725319zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Graham V. Weinberg

Publication date 20 May 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1239/jap/1014843100

zbMATH Keywords

Stein's methodmagic factorsapproximating distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Approximations to statistical distributions (nonasymptotic) (62E17) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27)

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