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
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
