An extension of Sanov's theorem: Application to the Gibbs conditioning principle

Bernoulli

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 721-743

  Léonard, Christian ^a,b   Najim, Jamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical measures; Gibbs conditioning principle; Large deviations; Orlicz spaces; Sanov's theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 23544439154     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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