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November 2013 A note on a new exponential bound for M-acceptable random variables
Cheikhna Hamallah Ndiaye, Gane Samb LO
Afr. Stat. 8(1): 575-581 (November 2013). DOI: 10.4314/afst.v8i1.6

Abstract

We present a new exponential inequality as a generalization of that of Sung et al. Sung et al(2011) for $M$-acceptable random variables, and hence for extended negative ones. Our result is based on the simple real inequality $e^{x}\leq 1+x+(|x|/2)e^{|x|},x\in \mathbb{R}$, in place of the following one: $% e^{x}\leq 1+x+(x^{2}/2)e^{|x|},x\in \mathbb{R}$, used by many authors. We compare the given bound with former ones.

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Cheikhna Hamallah Ndiaye. Gane Samb LO. "A note on a new exponential bound for M-acceptable random variables." Afr. Stat. 8 (1) 575 - 581, November 2013. https://doi.org/10.4314/afst.v8i1.6

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Published: November 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 5 January 2014

zbMATH: 1283.60050
MathSciNet: MR3161754
Digital Object Identifier: 10.4314/afst.v8i1.6

Subjects:
Primary: 60F15 , 62G20

Keywords: $M$-Acceptable random variables , Almost sure convergence , convergence rate , Exponential inequality , Extended Negatively dependent random variables , Laplace transform , Negatively associated random variables , Negatively dependent random variables

Rights: Copyright © 2013 The Statistics and Probability African Society

Vol.8 • No. 1 • November 2013
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