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Poisson type approximations for the Markov binomial distribution

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  • Cekanavicius, Vydas
  • Roos, Bero

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The Markov binomial distribution is approximated by the Poisson distribution with the same mean, by a translated Poisson distribution and by two-parametric Poisson type signed measures. Using an adaptation of Le Cam's operator technique, estimates of accuracy are proved for the total variation, local and Wasserstein norms. In a special case, asymptotically sharp constants are obtained. For some auxiliary results, we used Stein's method.

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  • Cekanavicius, Vydas & Roos, Bero, 2009. "Poisson type approximations for the Markov binomial distribution," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 119(1), pages 190-207, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:119:y:2009:i:1:p:190-207
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