The Extrema of the Expected Value of a Function of Independent Random Variables

DOI10.1214/aoms/1177728543zbMath0064.38105OpenAlexW4243611788WikidataQ93421143 ScholiaQ93421143MaRDI QIDQ5848560

Wassily Hoeffding

Publication date: 1955

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177728543

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probability theory

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