{ "id": "math/0410104", "version": "v1", "published": "2004-10-05T17:06:56.000Z", "updated": "2004-10-05T17:06:56.000Z", "title": "Normal approximation under local dependence", "authors": [ "Louis H. Y. Chen", "Qi-Man Shao" ], "comment": "Published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org) in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117904000000450", "journal": "Annals of Probability 2004, Vol. 32, No. 3A, 1985-2028", "doi": "10.1214/009117904000000450", "categories": [ "math.PR" ], "abstract": "We establish both uniform and nonuniform error bounds of the Berry-Esseen type in normal approximation under local dependence. These results are of an order close to the best possible if not best possible. They are more general or sharper than many existing ones in the literature. The proofs couple Stein's method with the concentration inequality approach.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2004-10-05T17:06:56.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "60F05", "60G60" ], "keywords": [ "normal approximation", "local dependence", "proofs couple steins method", "nonuniform error bounds", "concentration inequality approach" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2004math.....10104C" } } }