Bounds for the variance of functions of random variables by orthogonal polynomials and Bhattacharya bounds (Q1069228)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3934204
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Bounds for the variance of functions of random variables by orthogonal polynomials and Bhattacharya bounds
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3934204

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    Bounds for the variance of functions of random variables by orthogonal polynomials and Bhattacharya bounds (English)
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    Upper and lower bounds for the variance of a function g of a random variable X are obtained by expanding g in a series of orthogonal polynomials associated with the distribution of X or by using the convergence of Bhattacharya bounds for exponential families of distributions.
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    variance bounds
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    Chernoff's inequality
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    series of orthogonal polynomials
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    convergence of Bhattacharya bounds
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    exponential families
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