• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.687-705
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• 2006

In this paper we consider GPH distribution that is defined as a distribution for sum of random number of random variables following exponential distribution. We establish approximation process of general distributions to GPH distributions and offer numerical results for various cases to show the accuracy of the approximation. We also propose analysis method of delay distribution of queueing systems using approximation to GPH distributions and offer numerical results for various queueing systems to show applicability of GPH approximation.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1161-1168
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• 2011

The approximation for the distribution functions of nonparametric test statistics is a significant step in statistical inference. A rank sum test for dispersions proposed by Ansari and Bradley (1960), which is widely used to distinguish the variation between two populations, has been considered as one of the most popular nonparametric statistics. In this paper, the statistical tables for the distribution of the nonparametric Ansari-Bradley statistic is produced by use of polynomially adjusted normal approximation as a semi parametric density approximation technique. Polynomial adjustment can significantly improve approximation precision from normal approximation. The normal-polynomial density approximation for Ansari-Bradley statistic under finite sample sizes is utilized to provide the statistical table for various combination of its sample sizes. In order to find the optimal degree of polynomial adjustment of the proposed technique, the sum of squared probability mass function(PMF) difference between the exact distribution and its approximant is measured. It was observed that the approximation utilizing only two more moments of Ansari-Bradley statistic (in addition to the first two moments for normal approximation provide) more accurate approximations for various combinations of parameters. For instance, four degree polynomially adjusted normal approximant is about 117 times more accurate than normal approximation with respect to the sum of the squared PMF difference.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.493-502
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• 2017

We propose an accurate approximation method via discrete Krawtchouk orthogonal polynomials to the distribution of a sum of independent but non-identically distributed binomial random variables. This approximation is a weighted binomial distribution with no need for continuity correction unlike commonly used density approximation methods such as saddlepoint, Gram-Charlier A type(GC), and Gaussian approximation methods. The accuracy obtained from the proposed approximation is compared with saddlepoint approximations applied by Eisinga et al. [4], which are the most accurate method among higher order asymptotic approximation methods. The numerical results show that the proposed approximation in general provide more accurate estimates over the entire range for the target probability mass function including the right-tail probabilities. In addition, the method is mathematically tractable and computationally easy to program.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2012

Bagai et al. (1989) proposed a distribution-free test for stochastic ordering in the competing risk model, and recently Murakami (2009) utilized a standard saddlepoint approximation to provide tail probabilities for the Bagai statistic under finite sample sizes. In the present paper, we consider the Gaussian-polynomial approximation proposed in Ha and Provost (2007) and compare it to the saddlepoint approximation in terms of approximating the percentiles of the Bagai statistic. We make numerical comparisons of these approximations for moderate sample sizes as was done in Murakami (2009). From the numerical results, it was observed that the Gaussianpolynomial approximation provides comparable or greater accuracy in the tail probabilities than the saddlepoint approximation. Unlike saddlepoint approximation, the Gaussian-polynomial approximation provides a simple explicit representation of the approximated density function. We also discuss the details of computations.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 1994

A Chi-square approximation to the distribution of product of independent Beta variates denoted by U is developed. The distribution is commonly used as a test criterion for the general linear hypothesis about the multivariate linear models. The approximation is obtained by fitting a logarithmic function of U to a Chi-square variate in terms of the first three moments. It is compared with the well known approximations due to Box(1949), Rao(1948), and Mudholkar and Trivedi(1980). It is found that the Chi-square approximation compares favorably with the other three approximations.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.809-818
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• 2014

다변량 왜정규분포는 다변량 정규분포를 포함하는 분포로 최근 많은 응용분야에서 활용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 다변량 왜정규분포를 기반으로 하는 선형결합통계량의 분포함수에 대한 안장점근사를 다루었다. 이는 단변량 왜정규분포 기반 표본평균에 대한 Na와 Yu (2013)의 결과를 선형결합 및 다변량의 경우로 확장한 것이다. 모의실험과 실제자료분석을 통해 제안된 근사법의 유용성과 정확도를 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1211-1219
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• 2013

최근 많은 통계 이론과 응용 문제에 정규분포의 대안으로 왜정규분포에 대한 활용이 높아지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 왜정규분포에 기반한 표본평균의 분포함수에 대한 안장점근사를 다루었다. 안장점근사는 기존의 정규근사에 비해 매우 뛰어난 정확성을 보일 뿐 아니라, 소표본에서도 정확한 근사결과를 제공한다. 본 논문에서 제시한 왜정규분포에 관련된 안장점근사는 복잡한 계산이 요구되는 기존의 Gupta와 Chen (2001)과 Chen 등 (2004)에 대한 근사적 방법으로 사용될 수 있다. 모의실험을 통해 표본평균의 분포함수에 대한 제안된 안장점근사의 정확도를 확인하고, 실제 자료에 대한 응용으로 Roberts (1966)의 쌍둥이 자료의 분석에 적용하였다.

• 대한수학회논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.419-438
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• 1995

We investigate a tansient diffusion approximation of queue size distribution in $M^{X}/G^{Y}/c$ system using the diffusion process with elementary return boundary. We choose an appropriate diffusion process which approxiamtes the queue size in the system and derive the transient solution of Kolmogorov forward equation of the diffusion process. We derive an approximation formula for the transient queue size distribution and mean queue size, and then obtain the stationary solution from the transient solution. Accuracy evalution is presented by comparing approximation results for the mean queue size with the exact results or simulation results numerically.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.479-488
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• 2007

The elliptic random field is an extension to the Gaussian random field. We proved a theorem which characterizes the elliptic random field. We proposed a heuristic approach to derive an approximation to the distribution of the size of one connected component of its excursion set above a high threshold. We used this approximation to approximate the distribution of the largest cluster size. We used simulation to compare the approximation with the exact distribution.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.537-547
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• 2023

In this paper, we introduce the optimal approximation by a Gaussian function for a probability density function. We show that the approximation can be obtained by solving a non-linear system of parameters of Gaussian function. Then, to understand the non-normality of the empirical distributions observed in financial markets, we consider the nearly Gaussian function that consists of an optimally approximated Gaussian function and a small periodically oscillating density function. We show that, depending on the parameters of the oscillation, the nearly Gaussian functions can have fairly thick heavy tails.