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Asymptotic inversion of the binomial and negative binomial cumulative distribution functions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2020-01-14 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

The computation and inversion of the binomial and negative binomial cumulative distribution functions play a key role in many applications. In this paper, we explain how methods used for the central beta distribution function (described in [2]) can be used to obtain asymptotic representations of these functions, and also for their inversion. The performance of the asymptotic inversion methods is illustrated with numerical examples.

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@article{arxiv.2001.03953,
  title  = {Asymptotic inversion of the binomial and negative binomial cumulative distribution functions},
  author = {A. Gil and J. Segura and N. M. Temme},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03953},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures. To appear in ETNA

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