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On the asymptotic normality of some sums of dependent random variables

  • Margarita I. Tikhomirova EMAIL logo and Vladimir P. Chistjakov

Abstract

A theorem on the asymptotic normality of the sum of dependent random variables is stated and proved. Conditions of the theorem are formulated in terms of a dependency graph which characterizes the relationships between random variables. This theorem is used to prove the asymptotic normality of the sum of functions defined on subsets of elements of the stationary sequence satisfying the strong mixing condition. As an illustration of possible applications of these theorems we give a theorem on the asymptotic normality of the number of empty cells if the random sequence of cells occupied by particles is a stationary sequence satisfying the uniform strong mixing condition.


Originally published in Diskretnaya Matematika (2015) 27, №4, 141–149 (in Russian).


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Received: 2015-1-12
Published Online: 2017-4-27
Published in Print: 2017-4-1

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