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A log-concavity property of probability of occurrence of exactly r arbitrary events

Abstract

For a collection of n arbitrary events, we derive a sufficient condition for the log-concavity property of the sequence of probabilities of occurrence of exactly r events. For the special case of independent events, this sufficient condition is shown to be satisfied. Further, some dependence structures where this sufficient condition holds are examined.

Authors

Balasubramanian K; Balakrishnan N

Journal

Statistics & Probability Letters, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 249–251

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

February 19, 1993

DOI

10.1016/0167-7152(93)90150-h

ISSN

0167-7152

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