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Upper bounds for spatial point process approximations
We consider the behavior of spatial point processes when subjected to a class
of linear transformations indexed by a variable T. It was shown in Ellis [Adv.
in Appl. Probab. 18 (1986) 646-659] that, under mild assumptions, the
transformed processes behave approximately like Poisson processes for large T.
In this article, under very similar assumptions, explicit upper bounds are
given for the d_2-distance between the corresponding point process
distributions. A number of related results, and applications to kernel density
estimation and long range dependence testing are also presented. The main
results are proved by applying a generalized Stein-Chen method to discretized
versions of the point processes.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/105051604000000684 in the
Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute
of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
The Demand for Enhanced Annuities
In enhanced annuities, the annuity payment depends on one's state of health at some contracted date while in "standard annuities", it does not. The focus of this paper is on an annuity market where "standard" and enhanced annuities areoffered simultaneously. When all insured know equally well on their future health status either enhanced annuities drive standard annuities out of the market or vice versa. Both annuity types can exist simultaneously when the insured know varying exactly on their risk type. In the case of the existence of such an "interior" solution, its is derived that this solution must be unique in the case of risk averse insured and that it Pareto-dominates the corner solution. Finally, it is shown that in all cases where at least part of the insured buy enhanced annuities social welfare is reduced
Stein's method and Poisson process approximation for a class of Wasserstein metrics
Based on Stein's method, we derive upper bounds for Poisson process
approximation in the -Wasserstein metric , which is based on a
slightly adapted -Wasserstein metric between point measures. For the case
, this construction yields the metric introduced in [Barbour and
Brown Stochastic Process. Appl. 43 (1992) 9--31], for which Poisson process
approximation is well studied in the literature. We demonstrate the usefulness
of the extension to general by showing that -bounds control
differences between expectations of certain th order average statistics of
point processes. To illustrate the bounds obtained for Poisson process
approximation, we consider the structure of 2-runs and the hard core model as
concrete examples.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/08-BEJ161 the Bernoulli
(http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical
Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
Book review of Maja Lunde\u27s The History of Bees
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