A connection between supermodular ordering and positive/negative association

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-151

  Christofides, Tasos C ^a   Vaggelatou, Eutichia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Convex order; Increasing convex order; Kolmogorov type inequalities; Positive and negative association; Rosenthal inequalities; Supermodular order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346973100     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-259X(03)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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