Compound Poisson approximations for sums of 1-dependent random variables. I

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Petrauskienė ◽  
V. Čekanavičius
1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vellaisamy ◽  
B. Chaudhuri

We derive upper bounds for the total variation distance, d, between the distributions of two random sums of non-negative integer-valued random variables. The main results are then applied to some important random sums, including cluster binomial and cluster multinomial distributions, to obtain bounds on approximating them to suitable Poisson or compound Poisson distributions. These bounds are generally better than the known results on Poisson and compound Poisson approximations. We also obtain a lower bound for d and illustrate it with an example.


2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Čekanavičius ◽  
Y. H. Wang

Sums of independent random variables concentrated on the same finite discrete, not necessarily lattice, set of points are approximated by compound Poisson distributions and signed compound Poisson measures. Such approximations can be more accurate than the normal distribution. Short asymptotic expansions are constructed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vellaisamy ◽  
B. Chaudhuri

We derive upper bounds for the total variation distance, d, between the distributions of two random sums of non-negative integer-valued random variables. The main results are then applied to some important random sums, including cluster binomial and cluster multinomial distributions, to obtain bounds on approximating them to suitable Poisson or compound Poisson distributions. These bounds are generally better than the known results on Poisson and compound Poisson approximations. We also obtain a lower bound for d and illustrate it with an example.


2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (01) ◽  
pp. 228-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Čekanavičius ◽  
Y. H. Wang

Sums of independent random variables concentrated on the same finite discrete, not necessarily lattice, set of points are approximated by compound Poisson distributions and signed compound Poisson measures. Such approximations can be more accurate than the normal distribution. Short asymptotic expansions are constructed.


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