International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology
Volume 65 | Issue 11 | Year 2019 | Article Id. IJMTT-V65I11P510 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V65I11P510
This paper uses the Stein-Chen method to determine a non-uniform bound for the point metric between the distribution of random sums of independent negative binomial random variables and a Poisson distribution. Three examples are provided to illustrate applications of the result obtained.
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Kanint Teerapabolarn, "A Non-uniform Bound on Poisson Approximation for Random Sums of Negative Binomial Random Variables," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 99-102, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V65I11P510
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