Comparing Compound Poisson Distributions by Deficiency: Continuous-Time Case

In the paper, we apply a new approach to the comparison of the distributions of sums of random variables to the case of Poisson random sums. This approach was proposed in our previous work (Bening, Korolev, 2022) and is based on the concept of statistical deficiency. Here, we introduce a continuous analog of deficiency. In the case under consideration, by continuous deficiency, we will mean the difference between the parameter of the Poisson distribution of the number of summands in a Poisson random sum and that of the compound Poisson distribution providing the desired accuracy of the normal approximation. This approach is used for the solution of the problem of determination of the distribution of a separate term in the Poisson sum that provides the least possible value of the parameter of the Poisson distribution of the number of summands guaranteeing the prescribed value of the (1 a)-quantile of the normalized Poisson sum for a given a 2 (0, 1). This problem is solved under the condition that possible distributions of random summands possess coinciding first three moments. The approach under consideration is applied to the collective risk model in order to determine the distribution of insurance payments providing the least possible time that provides the prescribed Value-at-Risk. This approach is also used for the problem of comparison of the accuracy of approximation of the asymptotic (1 a)-quantile of the sum of independent, identically distributed random variables with that of the accompanying infinitely divisible distribution.

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In this paper, a new approach is applied to compare the distributions of sums of random variables, specifically in the case of Poisson random sums. This approach is based on the concept of statistical deficiency and introduces a continuous analog of deficiency. By utilizing this approach, the distribution of a separate term in the Poisson sum can be determined to provide the minimum possible value of the parameter of the Poisson distribution of the number of summands, guaranteeing a prescribed value of the (1-a)-quantile of the normalized Poisson sum. The approach is also applied to the collective risk model and the comparison of approximation accuracy between the sum of independent, identically distributed random variables and the accompanying infinitely divisible distribution.