Exponential inequality for associated random variables

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-431

  Ioannides, D A ^a   Roussas, G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associated random variables; Covariance function; Exponential inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130354     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(98)00240-5     Document Type: Article

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