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Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 1969 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 175–178 (Mi tvp1134)

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Limits of admissibility of normal approximations for the Poisson distribution

B. I. Devyatov

Moscow

Abstract: Various normal approximations of a Poisson distribution function
$$ \mathbf P\{\mu\le m\mid a\}=\sum_{k=0}^m\frac{a^k}{k!}e^{-a}=\frac1{\Gamma(m+1)}\int_a^\infty x^me^{-x}\,dx $$
are considered in case of large values of the parameter $a$. The least values $A(\varepsilon)$ of a for which the corresponding approximation errors do not exceed given $\varepsilon>0$ are also calculated, the results being compared with the exact values obtained with an electronic computer.

Received: 25.06.1968


 English version:
Theory of Probability and its Applications, 1969, 14:1, 170–173

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