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A note on a variance bound for the multinomial and the negative multinomial distribution

Probability 2018-06-13 v2

Abstract

We prove a Chernoff-type upper variance bound for the multinomial and the negative multinomial distribution. An application is also given.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3265,
  title  = {A note on a variance bound for the multinomial and the negative multinomial distribution},
  author = {G. Afendras and V. Papathanasiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3265},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages

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