DocumentCode
818728
Title
A contribution to the theory of Chernoff bounds
Author
Bucklew, James A. ; Sadowsky, John S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Volume
39
Issue
1
fYear
1993
fDate
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
249
Lastpage
254
Abstract
Some extensions that allow new estimating and bounding techniques for certain sequences of random variables controlled by a large deviation principle are given. These results can be thought of as generalizations and extensions of the Chernoff bound used in communications theory
Keywords
information theory; probability; Chernoff bounds; communications theory; large deviation principle; probability; sequences of random variables; Chemical elements; Communication system control; Convergence; Drives; Entropy; Probability; Q measurement; Random variables; Signal detection; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/18.179368
Filename
179368
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