Lecture Notes-Monograph Series, Vol. 52, Time Series and Related Topics: In Memory of Ching-Zong Wei (2006), pp. 236-244 (9 pages) This exposition explains the basic ideas of Stein's method for ...

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The framework of Stein's method for Poisson process approximation is presented from the point of view of Palm theory, which is used to construct Stein identities and define local dependence. A general ...