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dec 2006 On Stein's factors for Poisson approximation in Wasserstein distance
A.D. Barbour, Aihua Xia
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Bernoulli 12(6): 943-954 (dec 2006). DOI: 10.3150/bj/1165269145

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We provide a probabilistic proof of various Stein's factors for Poisson approximation in terms of the Wasserstein distance.

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A.D. Barbour. Aihua Xia. "On Stein's factors for Poisson approximation in Wasserstein distance." Bernoulli 12 (6) 943 - 954, dec 2006. https://doi.org/10.3150/bj/1165269145

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Published: dec 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 4 December 2006

zbMATH: 1328.62076
MathSciNet: MR2274850
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3150/bj/1165269145

Keywords: Poisson approximation , Stein's factors , Stein's method , Wasserstein distance

Rights: Copyright © 2006 Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

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