| Article ID: | iaor201525001 |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 47 |
| End Page Number: | 58 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Journal: | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics |
| Authors: | Nadarajah Saralees, Withers Christopher S |
| Keywords: | simulation: applications |
Parametric confidence intervals are given for linear combinations of the means of independent Poisson variables and for their continuous versions. The performance of the intervals is assessed using simulation. A real data set is used to compare the proposed intervals with known ones. The proposed intervals are shown to be superior to known ones and comparable to exact intervals.