Negative correlation and log-concavity

DOI10.1002/rsa.20292zbMath1211.62098arXiv0712.3507OpenAlexW3083543596MaRDI QIDQ3055898

M. Neiman, Jeffry Kahn

Publication date: 10 November 2010

Published in: Random Structures & Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3507

zbMATH Keywords

correlation inequalitiesnegative associationMason's conjectureFeder-Mihail property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20)

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