ASYMPTOTIC METHODS OF EVALUATING THE INTEGRAL FROM A TO OO OF F(X) DX

Abstract

METHODS FOR EVALUATING AN INTEGRAL FROM SOME POINT, A, TO INFINITY, OFA KNOWN FUNCTION, F, ARE GIVEN. THE METHODS CONSIDERED LEAD TO APPROXIMATIONS THAT GET INCREASINGLY ACCURATE AS A APPROACHES INFINITY, SOTHEY ARE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO THE TAIL OF A DISTRIBUTION. THE METHODS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE USUAL LEVELS OF UNTABULATED DISTRIBUTIONS AND TO EXTREME LEVELS OF THE COMMON DISTRIBUTIONS

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0250451

Entities

People

  • Wyman Richardson

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Integrals

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Statistical inference.