Poisson Approximation

by Svante Janson, Lars Holst, Various

The Poisson 'law of small numbers' is a central principle in modern theories of reliability, insurance, and the statistics of extremes. It also has ramifications in apparently unrelated areas, such as the description of algebraic and combinatorial structures, and the distribution of prime numbers. The law of small numbers is only an approximation. In 1975, a new technique was introduced, the Stein-Chen method, which makes it possible to estimate the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198522355
• ISBN13: 9780198522355
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.