## Bernoulli

• Bernoulli
• Volume 18, Number 4 (2012), 1341-1360.

### Conditional large and moderate deviations for sums of discrete random variables. Combinatoric applications

#### Abstract

We prove large and moderate deviation principles for the distribution of an empirical mean conditioned by the value of the sum of discrete i.i.d. random variables. Some applications for combinatoric problems are discussed.

#### Article information

Source
Bernoulli, Volume 18, Number 4 (2012), 1341-1360.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 12 November 2012

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1352727814

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3150/11-BEJ376

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2995799

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1259.60030

#### Citation

Gamboa, Fabrice; Klein, Thierry; Prieur, Clémentine. Conditional large and moderate deviations for sums of discrete random variables. Combinatoric applications. Bernoulli 18 (2012), no. 4, 1341--1360. doi:10.3150/11-BEJ376. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1352727814

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