On sharp Jensen's inequality and some unusual applications

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1283-1297

  Mukhopadhyay, Nitis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Behrens Fisher analog; Bound for percentile; Chi square percentile; Confidence interval; Difference of t percentile; F distribution percentile; Negative exponential distribution; Normal percentile; Point estimate; Ratio of gamma functions; Risk; Risk bound

Indexed keywords

BEHRENS-FISHER ANALOG; BOUND FOR PERCENTILE; CHI-SQUARE PERCENTILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENCE OF T PERCENTILE; F-DISTRIBUTION PERCENTILE; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL PERCENTILE; POINT ESTIMATE; RATIO OF GAMMA FUNCTIONS;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; RISK PERCEPTION;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79551700426     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920903580988     Document Type: Article

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