IJPAM: Volume 97, No. 4 (2014)
APPROXIMATION OF BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION
BY AN IMPROVED POISSON DISTRIBUTION
BY AN IMPROVED POISSON DISTRIBUTION
K. Teerapabolarn
, K. Jaioun
Department of Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Burapha University
Chonburi, 20131, THAILAND



Faculty of Science
Burapha University
Chonburi, 20131, THAILAND
Abstract. This paper derives an approximation of the binomial distribution with parameters and
by an improved Poisson distribution with mean
. The approximation is more accurate than the Poisson approximation when
is sufficiently large.
Received: July 2, 2014
AMS Subject Classification: 62E17, 60F05
Key Words and Phrases: binomial distribution, Poisson approximation, Poisson distribution
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DOI: 10.12732/ijpam.v97i4.8 How to cite this paper?
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2014
Volume: 97
Issue: 4
Pages: 491 - 495
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