BOUNDS OF THE EXPECTATION OF A CONVEX FUNCTION OF A MULTIVARIATE RANDOM VARIABLE,

Abstract

Upper and lower bounds on the expectation of a convex function of a vector valued random variable are derived by examining the boundary of an appropriate multivariate moment space.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 1958
Accession Number
AD0606940

Entities

People

  • Albert Madansky

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Mathematics
  • Random Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Space