Parametric distributions; Stein operators; Stein's method; Statistics and Probability; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Abstract :
[en] We present a general characterization theorem for parametric probability distributions in terms of a differential operator akin to the so-called Stein operators from the literature on Stein's method.
Disciplines :
Mathematics
Author, co-author :
LEY, Christophe ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Mathematics (DMATH) ; Ghent University, Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent, Belgium
Swan, Yvik; Université de Liège, Département de mathématique, Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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