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May 2011 The AEP algorithm for the fast computation of the distribution of the sum of dependent random variables
Philipp Arbenz, Paul Embrechts, Giovanni Puccetti
Bernoulli 17(2): 562-591 (May 2011). DOI: 10.3150/10-BEJ284

Abstract

We propose a new algorithm to compute numerically the distribution function of the sum of $d$ dependent, non-negative random variables with given joint distribution.

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Philipp Arbenz. Paul Embrechts. Giovanni Puccetti. "The AEP algorithm for the fast computation of the distribution of the sum of dependent random variables." Bernoulli 17 (2) 562 - 591, May 2011. https://doi.org/10.3150/10-BEJ284

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Published: May 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 5 April 2011

zbMATH: 1248.60018
MathSciNet: MR2787605
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3150/10-BEJ284

Keywords: convolution , distribution functions

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

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