Abstract
This is a survey paper on Poisson approximation using Stein’s method of exchangeable pairs. We illustrate using Poisson-binomial trials and many variations on three classical problems of combinatorial probability: the matching problem, the coupon collector’s problem, and the birthday problem. While many details are new, the results are closely related to a body of work developed by Andrew Barbour, Louis Chen, Richard Arratia, Lou Gordon, Larry Goldstein, and their collaborators. Some comparison with these other approaches is offered.
Citation
Sourav Chatterjee. Persi Diaconis. Elizabeth Meckes. "Exchangeable pairs and Poisson approximation." Probab. Surveys 2 64 - 106, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1214/154957805100000096
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