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BOUNDS ON TAIL PROBABILITIES OF DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2000

Bernhard Klar
Bernhard Klar
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Universität Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany, E-mail: Bernhard.Klar@math.uni-karlsruhe.de
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Abstract

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We examine several approaches to derive lower and upper bounds on tail probabilities of discrete distributions. Numerical comparisons exemplify the quality of the bounds.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2000, pp. 161 - 171
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press