Normal Approximation to a Poisson Random Variable

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 284-296
Author(s):  
Hye Kyung Kim

Abstract Many mathematicians have studied degenerate versions of quite a few special polynomials and numbers since Carlitz’s work (Utilitas Math. 15 (1979), 51–88). Recently, Kim et al. studied the degenerate gamma random variables, discrete degenerate random variables and two-variable degenerate Bell polynomials associated with Poisson degenerate central moments, etc. This paper is divided into two parts. In the first part, we introduce a new type of degenerate Bell polynomials associated with degenerate Poisson random variables with parameter α > 0 \alpha \hspace{-0.15em}\gt \hspace{-0.15em}0 , called the fully degenerate Bell polynomials. We derive some combinatorial identities for the fully degenerate Bell polynomials related to the n n th moment of the degenerate Poisson random variable, special numbers and polynomials. In the second part, we consider the fully degenerate Bell polynomials associated with degenerate Poisson random variables with two parameters α > 0 \alpha \gt 0 and β > 0 \beta \hspace{-0.15em}\gt \hspace{-0.15em}0 , called the two-variable fully degenerate Bell polynomials. We show their connection with the degenerate Poisson central moments, special numbers and polynomials.


2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Ahmad ◽  
A. R. Mugdadi

For a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variable (iid rv's) [Formula: see text] and a sequence of integer-valued random variables [Formula: see text], define the random quantiles as [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] denote the largest integer less than or equal to [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] the [Formula: see text]th order statistic in a sample [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. In this note, the limiting distribution and its exact order approximation are obtained for [Formula: see text]. The limiting distribution result we obtain extends the work of several including Wretman[Formula: see text]. The exact order of normal approximation generalizes the fixed sample size results of Reiss[Formula: see text]. AMS 2000 subject classification: 60F12; 60F05; 62G30.


2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (03) ◽  
pp. 609-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Papadatos ◽  
V. Papathanasiou

The random variablesX1,X2, …,Xnare said to be totally negatively dependent (TND) if and only if the random variablesXiand ∑j≠iXjare negatively quadrant dependent for alli. Our main result provides, for TND 0-1 indicatorsX1,x2, …,Xnwith P[Xi= 1] =pi= 1 - P[Xi= 0], an upper bound for the total variation distance between ∑ni=1Xiand a Poisson random variable with mean λ ≥ ∑ni=1pi. An application to a generalized birthday problem is considered and, moreover, some related results concerning the existence of monotone couplings are discussed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-C. G. Vassiliou

We study the limiting behaviour of a manpower system where the non-homogeneous Markov chain model proposed by Young and Vassiliou (1974) is applicable. This is done in the cases where the input is a time-homogeneous and time-inhomogeneous Poisson random variable. It is also found that the number in the various grades are asymptotically mutually independent Poisson variates.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1081-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vellaisamy

Consider a sequence of independent Bernoulli trials with success probability p. Let N(n; k1, k2) denote the number of times that k1 failures are followed by k2 successes among the first n Bernoulli trials. We employ the Stein-Chen method to obtain a total variation upper bound for the rate of convergence of N(n; k1, k2) to a suitable Poisson random variable. As a special case, the corresponding limit theorem is established. Similar results are obtained for Nk3(n; k1, k2), the number of times that k1 failures followed by k2 successes occur k3 times successively in n Bernoulli trials. The bounds obtained are generally sharper than, and improve upon, some of the already known results. Finally, the technique is adapted to obtain Poisson approximation results for the occurrences of the above-mentioned events under Markov-dependent trials.


1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 851-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anant P. Godbole

Consider a sequence of Bernoulli trials with success probability p, and let Nn,k denote the number of success runs of length among the first n trials. The Stein–Chen method is employed to obtain a total variation upper bound for the rate of convergence of Nn,k to a Poisson random variable under the standard condition npk→λ. This bound is of the same order, O(p), as the best known for the case k = 1, i.e. for the classical binomial-Poisson approximation. Analogous results are obtained for occurrences of word patterns, where, depending on the nature of the word, the corresponding rate is at most O(pk–m) for some m = 0, 2, ···, k – 1. The technique is adapted for use with two-state Markov chains. Applications to reliability systems and tests for randomness are discussed.


1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-C. G. Vassiliou

We study the limiting behaviour of a manpower system where the non-homogeneous Markov chain model proposed by Young and Vassiliou (1974) is applicable. This is done in the cases where the input is a time-homogeneous and time-inhomogeneous Poisson random variable. It is also found that the number in the various grades are asymptotically mutually independent Poisson variates.


1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 527-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Hunter

In two earlier papers [6], [7] the properties of bivariate renewal processes and their associated two-dimensional renewal functions, H(x, y) were examined. By utilising the Fréchet bounds for joint distributions and the properties of univariate renewal processes, a collection of upper and lower bounds for H(x, y) are constructed. The evaluation of these bounds is carried out for the case of the family of bivariate Poisson processes. An interesting by-product of this investigation leads to a new inequality for the median of a Poisson random variable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Nahathai Rerkruthairat

The Berry-Esseen bound for the random variable based on the sum of squared sample correlation coefficients and used to test the complete independence in high diemensions is shown by Stein’s method. Although the Berry-Esseen bound can be applied to all real numbers in R, a nonuniform bound at a real number z usually provides a sharper bound if z is fixed. In this paper, we present the first version of a nonuniform bound on a normal approximation for this random variable with an optimal rate of 1/0.5+|z|·O1/m by using Stein’s method.


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