Asymptotic Distributions and Berry-Esseen Bounds for Sums of Record Values

Abstract

Let $\{U_n, n \geq 1\}$ be independent uniformly distributed random variables, and $\{Y_n, n \geq 1\}$ be independent and identically distributed non-negative random variables with finite third moments. Denote $S_n = \sum_{i=1}^n Y_i$ and assume that $ (U_1, \cdots, U_n)$ and $S_{n+1}$ are independent for every fixed $n$. In this paper we obtain Berry-Esseen bounds for $\sum_{i=1}^n \psi(U_i S_{n+1})$, where $\psi$ is a non-negative function. As an application, we give Berry-Esseen bounds and asymptotic distributions for sums of record values.