In this article we review two historical approximations to the Poisson and binomial cumulative distribution functions (CDFs); that is, the Wilson—Hilferty and Camp—Paulson approximations. Both of ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Using Stein's method, we derive explicit upper bounds on the total variation distance between a Poisson-binomial law (the distribution of a ...

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