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Univariate and Multivariate Bonferroni-Type Inequalities: Methods for Proof and Questions of Optimality

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Probability Theory and Applications

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For a sequence A 1,A 2,… ,A n of events, we denote by m n(A) the number of those which occur. The binomial moments of m n(A) are denoted by S k = S k,n(A), that is, (1).

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Temple University Philadelphia, TU 038-16, PA, 19122, USA

    J. Galambos

  2. University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Galambos, J., Xu, Y. (1992). Univariate and Multivariate Bonferroni-Type Inequalities: Methods for Proof and Questions of Optimality. In: Galambos, J., Kátai, I. (eds) Probability Theory and Applications. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2817-9_10

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