Normal Approximation by Stein’s Method [electronic resource] /by Louis H.Y. Chen, Larry Goldstein, Qi-Man Shao.
by Chen, Louis H.Y [author.]; Goldstein, Larry [author.]; Shao, Qi-Man [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Probability and Its Applications: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.Description: XII, 408 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642150074.Subject(s): Mathematics | Distribution (Probability theory) | Mathematics | Probability Theory and Stochastic ProcessesDDC classification: 519.2 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Preface -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Fundamentals of Stein's Method -- 3.Berry-Esseen Bounds for Independent Random Variables -- 4.L^1 Bounds -- 5.L^1 by Bounded Couplings -- 6 L^1: Applications -- 7.Non-uniform Bounds for Independent Random Variables -- 8.Uniform and Non-uniform Bounds under Local Dependence -- 9.Uniform and Non-Uniform Bounds for Non-linear Statistics -- 10.Moderate Deviations -- 11.Multivariate Normal Approximation -- 12.Discretized normal approximation -- 13.Non-normal Approximation -- 14.Extensions -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Notation.
Since its introduction in 1972, Stein’s method has offered a completely novel way of evaluating the quality of normal approximations. Through its characterizing equation approach, it is able to provide approximation error bounds in a wide variety of situations, even in the presence of complicated dependence. Use of the method thus opens the door to the analysis of random phenomena arising in areas including statistics, physics, and molecular biology. Though Stein's method for normal approximation is now mature, the literature has so far lacked a complete self contained treatment. This volume contains thorough coverage of the method’s fundamentals, includes a large number of recent developments in both theory and applications, and will help accelerate the appreciation, understanding, and use of Stein's method by providing the reader with the tools needed to apply it in new situations. It addresses researchers as well as graduate students in Probability, Statistics and Combinatorics.
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