Quantitative concentration inequalities for empirical measures on non-compact spaces

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 541-593

  Bolley, François ^a,b   Guillin, Arnaud ^b   Villani, Cédric ^a  

^a UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Sanov Theorem; Transport inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845889473     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-006-0004-7     Document Type: Article

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