Probabilistic inequalities [electronic resource] / George A. Anastassiou.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-411) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Basic stochastic Ostrowski inequalities -- 3. Multidimensional Montgomery identities and Ostrowski type inequalities -- 4. General probabilistic inequalities -- 5. About Grothendieck inequalities -- 6. Basic optimal estimation of Csiszar's f-divergence -- 7. Approximation via representations of Csiszar's f-divergence -- 8. Sharp high degree estimation of Csiszar's f-divergence -- 9. Csiszar's f-divergence as a measure of dependence --10. Optimal estimation of discrete Csiszar f-divergence -- 11. About a general discrete measure of dependence -- 12. Holder-Like Csiszar's f-divergence inequalities -- 13. Csiszar's discrimination and Ostrowski inequalities via Euler-type and Fink identities -- 14. Taylor-Widder representations and Gruss, Means, Ostrowski and Csiszar's inequalities -- 15. Representations of functions and Csiszar's f-divergence -- 16. About general moment theory -- 17. Extreme bounds on the average of a rounded off observation under a moment condition -- 18. Moment theory of random rounding rules subject to one moment condition -- 19. Moment theory on random rounding rules using two moment conditions -- 20. Prokhorov radius around zero using three moment constraints -- 21. Precise rates of Prokhorov convergence using three moment conditions -- 22. On Prokhorov convergence or probability measures to the unit under three moments -- 23. Geometric moment methods applied to optimal portfolio -- 24. Discrepancies between general integral means -- 25. Gruss type inequalities using the Stieltjes integral -- 26. Chebyshev-Gruss type and difference of integral means inequalities using the Stieltjes integral -- 27. An expansion formula -- 28. Integration by parts on the multidimensional domain -- Bibliography -- List of symbols.

"In this monograph, the author presents univariate and multivariate probabilistic inequalities with coverage on basic probabilistic entities like expectation, variance, moment generating function and covariance. These are built on the recent classical form of real analysis inequalities which are also discussed in full details. This treatise is the culmination and crystallization of the author's last two decades of research work in related discipline. Each of the chapters is self-contained and a few advanced courses can be taught out of this book. Extensive background and motivations for specific topics are given in each chapter. A very extensive list of references is also provided at the end. The topics covered in this unique book are wide-ranging and diverse. The opening chapters examine the probabilistic Ostrowski type inequalities, and various related ones, as well as the largely discusses about the Grothendieck type probabilistic inequalities. The book is also about inequalities in information theory and the Csiszar's f-Divergence between probability measures. A great section of the book is also devoted to the applications in various directions of Geometry Moment Theory. Also, the development of the Gruss type and Chebyshev-Gruss type inequalities for Stieltjes integrals and the applications in probability are explored in detail. The final chapters discuss the important real analysis methods with potential applications to stochastics. The book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students, and it is also seen as an invaluable reference book to be acquired by all science libraries as well as seminars that conduct discussions on related topics." -- P.[4] of cover.

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