Title: An Improved Gamma Approximation to the Negative Binomial
Abstract: An improvement to a recently suggested gamma approximation to the cumulative distribution of the negative binomial is advanced. Comparisons are made with other established approximations. Formulae are given for extending the approximation to the evaluation of regular binomial sums.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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