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On the bootstrap saddlepoint approximations

Biometrika, 1994
Summary: We compare saddlepoint approximations to the exact distributions of a Studentized mean and to its bootstrap approximation. We show that, on bounded sets, these empirical saddlepoint approximations achieve second order relative errors uniformly. We also consider the relative errors for larger deviations.
Jing, Bingyi, Feuerverger, Andrey, Robinson, John   +2 more
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Practical Saddlepoint Approximations

American Statistician, 1999
Abstract This article illustrates univariate and conditional saddle-point density and distribution function approximations. The emphasis is on the applications and on the calculations needed to compute the approximations. Uses of the approximations include p value computations for some test statistics, approximations of finite mixture distributions ...
Snehalata Huzurbazar
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An improved saddlepoint approximation

Mathematical Biosciences, 2007
Given a set of third- or higher-order moments, not only is the saddlepoint approximation the only realistic 'family-free' technique available for constructing an associated probability distribution, but it is 'optimal' in the sense that it is based on the highly efficient numerical method of steepest descents.
Gillespie CS, Renshaw E
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Saddlepoint approximations in resampling methods

Biometrika, 1988
Summary: Saddlepoint approximations are shown to be easy to use and accurate in a variety of simple bootstrap and randomization applications. Examples include mean estimation, ratio estimation, two-sample comparisons, and autoregressive estimation.
Davison, Anthony C., Hinkley, David V.
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Exact Saddlepoint Approximations

Biometrika, 1980
SUMMARY The renormalized saddlepoint approximation to the probability density of ani estimator' often has a surprisingly low relative error over the whole admissible range of the parameter. In particular it is known to be exact for certain densities. This raises the question of how to characterize the class of such exact cases.
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Inverting a saddlepoint approximation

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2003
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Saddlepoint Approximations for Regression Models

Biometrika, 1991
SUMMARY This paper uses the techniques of saddlepoint or tilted-exponential approximation to develop an approximation to the small-sample distribution of estimators defined by a system of estimating equations when observations are independently but not identically distributed. This allows for the explicit treatment of models with explanatory variables.
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Saddlepoint approximations

1995
Abstract Although introduced more than 60 years ago it is only during the last 15 years that there has been a systematic development of saddlepoint approximations. These approximations give a highly accurate expression for the tail of a distribution, not only in the centre of the distribution but also for very small tail probabilities.
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Saddlepoint approximations for estimating equations

Biometrika, 1983
Let X be a random variable (or a random vector) with probability density f(x,\(\theta)\). The function \(\Psi (x,\theta)\) is assumed to be monotonically decreasing in \(\theta\) for all x and \(E\Psi(X,\theta)=0\) for all \(\theta\). Given a random sample \(x_ 1,...,x_ n\) from such a distribution, an estimate of \(\theta\) is provided by the unique ...
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Saddlepoint approximations for tests of dispersion

Computational Statistics, 2012
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