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Quadratic forms in Poisson and multi-nomial variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

P. Whittle
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics Laboratory, New Zealand, D.S.I.R., (present address: Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge University).
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Let represent the deviations from expectation of a set of multinomial or independent Poisson variables, and Η be a positive definite matrix. A lower bound is obtained for Pr in terms of Pr, Where is a vector of normal variables with the same mean and covariance matrix as Δ.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1960

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