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The AEP algorithm for the fast computation of the distribution of the sum of dependent random variables

Statistics Theory 2011-06-16 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We propose a new algorithm to compute numerically the distribution function of the sum of dd dependent, non-negative random variables with given joint distribution.

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@article{arxiv.1106.2920,
  title  = {The AEP algorithm for the fast computation of the distribution of the sum of dependent random variables},
  author = {Philipp Arbenz and Paul Embrechts and Giovanni Puccetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.2920},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/10-BEJ284 the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)