Abstract

The list of approximations to the Normal cumulative distribution function is long and, eventually, not fully known due to the large number of published articles in the last decades. In this paper we will present new improvements in some well known approximations, without increasing the complexity of the formulas.

Citation details of the article

Journal: International Journal of Applied Mathematics
Journal ISSN (Print): ISSN 1311-1728
Journal ISSN (Electronic): ISSN 1314-8060
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Year: 2019

DOI: 10.12732/ijam.v32i1.8

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