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Stein factor bounds for random variables

Part of: Distribution theory - Probability Distribution theory Markov processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Graham V. Weinberg
Graham V. Weinberg*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
*
∗ Postal address: Teletraffic Research Centre, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5050, Australia. Email address: gweinberg@trc.adelaide.edu.au
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Abstract

A probabilistic proof of a Stein factor bound is given, extending the Poisson case in Xia (1999).

Keywords

Distributional approximationsStein's methodbirth and death processesStein's factors

MSC classification

Primary: 60E15: Inequalities; stochastic orderings
Secondary: 62E17: Approximations to distributions (nonasymptotic) 60J27: Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , December 2000 , pp. 1181 - 1187
Copyright
Copyright © by the Applied Probability Trust 2000 

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