We explore negative dependence and stochastic orderings, showing that if an integer-valued random variable satisfies a certain negative dependence assumption, then is smaller (in the convex sense) than a Poisson variable of equal mean. Such include those which may be written as a sum of totally negatively dependent indicators. This is generalised to other stochastic orderings. Applications include entropy bounds, Poisson approximation and concentration. The proof uses thinning and size-biasing. We also show how these give a different Poisson approximation result, which is applied to mixed Poisson distributions. Analogous results for the binomial distribution are also presented.
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DOI : 10.1051/ps/2016002
Mots-clés : Thinning, size biasing, s-convex ordering, Poisson approximation, entropy
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author = {Daly, Fraser},
title = {Negative dependence and stochastic orderings},
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year = {2016},
doi = {10.1051/ps/2016002},
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Daly, Fraser. Negative dependence and stochastic orderings. ESAIM: Probability and Statistics, Tome 20 (2016), pp. 45-65. doi : 10.1051/ps/2016002. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ps/2016002/
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