Computing best-possible bounds for the distribution of a sum of several variables is NP-hard

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Kreinovich, Vladik ^a   Ferson, Scott ^b  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best possible bounds; NP hard; Sum of random variables

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BEST-POSSIBLE BOUNDS; SUM OF RANDOM VARIABLES;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 33644862903     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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