Title: A note on the upper bound for the distance in total variation between the binomal and the Poisson distribution
Abstract: Abstract The total variation distance between the binomial B ( n, p ) distribution and the Poisson P ( np ) distribution is smaller than 2 1/2 p (1‐ p ) ‐1/2 according to V ERVAAT [4], [5]. We shall sharpen this inequality by using a result due to K EMPERMAN [1], C SISZÁR [2] and K ULLBACK [3].
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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