Exact Upper Bound on the Mean of the Product of Many Random Variables with Known Expectations

Reliable Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-463

  Kreinovich, Vladik ^a   Ferson, Scott ^b   Ginzburg, Lev ^b  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0142219402     PISSN: 13853139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025841220835     Document Type: Article

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