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On a connection between Stein characterizations and Fisher information

Probability 2011-11-11 v1 Other Statistics

Abstract

We generalize the so-called density approach to Stein characterizations of probability distributions. We prove an elementary factorization property of the resulting Stein operator in terms of a generalized (standardized) score function. We use this result to connect Stein characterizations with information distances such as the generalized (standardized) Fisher information.

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@article{arxiv.1111.2368,
  title  = {On a connection between Stein characterizations and Fisher information},
  author = {Christophe Ley and Yvik Swan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2368},
  year   = {2011}
}
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