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Upper bounds for the probability of a union by multitrees

Part of: Combinatorial probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

József Bukszár
József Bukszár*
Affiliation:
University of Miskolc
*
∗ Postal address: Institute of Mathematics, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, H-3515, Hungary. Email address: matbuk@silver.uni-miskolc.hu
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Abstract

The problem of finding bounds for P(A1 ∪ ⋯ ∪ An) based on P(Ak1 ∩ ⋯ ∩ Aki) (1 ≤ k1 < ⋯ < ki ≤ n, i = 1,…,d) goes back to Boole (1854), (1868) and Bonferroni (1937). In this paper upper bounds are presented using methods in graph theory. The main theorem is a common generalization of the earlier results of Hunter, Worsley and recent results of Prékopa and the author. Algorithms are given to compute bounds. Examples for bounding values of multivariate normal distribution functions are presented.

Keywords

Bonferroni-type boundhypergraphmultivariate normal distribution

MSC classification

Primary: 60C05: Combinatorial probability
Type
General Applied Probability
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 437 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2001 

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Footnotes

Partly supported by OTKA T032369.

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