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A multivariate CLT for bounded decomposable random vectors with the best known rate

Probability 2015-05-19 v2

Abstract

We prove a multivariate central limit theorem with explicit error bound on a non-smooth function distance for sums of bounded decomposable dd-dimensional random vectors. The decomposition structure is similar to that of Barbour, Karo\'nski and Ruci\'nski (1989) and is more general than the local dependence structure considered in Chen and Shao (2004). The error bound is of the order d14n12d^{\frac{1}{4}} n^{-\frac{1}{2}}, where dd is the dimension and nn is the number of summands. The dependence on dd, namely d14d^{\frac{1}{4}}, is the best known dependence even for sums of independent and identically distributed random vectors, and the dependence on nn, namely n12n^{-\frac{1}{2}}, is optimal. We apply our main result to a random graph example.

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@article{arxiv.1408.0508,
  title  = {A multivariate CLT for bounded decomposable random vectors with the best known rate},
  author = {Xiao Fang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0508},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages

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