PRECISE ASYMPTOTICS OF WEIGHTED SUMS OF NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED RANDOM VARIABLES

Jong-Il Baek (Korea), Hye Yeong Seo (Korea), Gil Hwan Lee (Korea) and Ho Il Chung (Korea)

Received May 21, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: precise asymptotics, weighted sum, negatively associated random variables.