Concentration of Measure for Products of Markov Kernels and Graph Products via Functional Inequalities

Combinatorics Probability and Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-28

  Houdre C ^a   Tetali, P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035633755     PISSN: 09635483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0963548300004594     Document Type: Article

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