On upper bounds for the variance of functions of random variables

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DOI10.1016/0167-7152(85)90014-8zbMath0572.60021OpenAlexW2069459053WikidataQ111547259 ScholiaQ111547259MaRDI QIDQ1062341

V. Papathanasiou, Theophilos Cacoullos

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7152(85)90014-8




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