An approximation for negative binomial sums involving a minimum of arithmetic is presented. Because of the relationship between negative binomial sums and regular binomial sums the approximation can ...

Bartko (1966) compared several approximations to the negative binomial, but did not include among them the equivalent of the ordinary normal approximation to the positive binomial. A table of maximum ...

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