Stein's method and applications / [edited by] A.D. Barbour, Louis H.Y. Chen.
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" ... contains the proceedings of a workshop which took place during the meeting Stein's Method and Applications: A Program in Honor of Charles Stein, held in Singapore at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, from 28 July to 31 August 2003"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Stein's startling technique for deriving probability approximations first appeared about 30 years ago. Since then, much has been done to refine and develop the method, but it is still a highly active field of research, with many outstanding problems, both theoretical and in applications. This volume, the proceedings of a workshop held in honour of Charles Stein in Singapore, August 2003, contains contributions from many of the mathematicians at the forefront of this effort. It provides a cross-section of the work currently being undertaken, with many pointers to future directions. The papers i.
FOREWORD; PREFACE; Zero biasing in one and higher dimensions, and applications; Poisson limit theorems for the appearances of attributes; Normal approximation in geometric probability; Stein's method, Edgeworth's expansions and a formula of Barbour; Stein's method for compound Poisson approximation via immigration-death processes; The central limit theorem for the independence number for minimal spanning trees in the unit square; Stein's method, Markov renewal point processes, and strong memoryless times; Multivariate Poisson-binomial approximation using Stein's method.
English.