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Probability Inequalities for sums of Bounded Random Variables

  • Hoeffding W
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0865-5_26
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Upper bounds are derived for the probability that the sum S of n independent random variables exceeds its mean ES by a positive number nt. It is assumed that the range of each summand of S is bounded or bounded above. The bounds for PrS — ES≥nt depend...

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Hoeffding, W. (1994). Probability Inequalities for sums of Bounded Random Variables (pp. 409–426). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0865-5_26

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