DocumentCode
942830
Title
Approximations for the probability in the tails of the binomial distribution (Corresp.)
Author
Blake, Ian F. ; Darabian, H.
Volume
33
Issue
3
fYear
1987
fDate
5/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
426
Lastpage
428
Abstract
Upper and lower bounds for the probability in the tails of a binomial distribution are investigated. New bounds are obtained which are computationally simple and, in the case of the lower bound, significantly better than previously known bounds.
Keywords
Binomial distributions; Block coding; Binary codes; Block codes; Councils; Decoding; Equations; Error probability; Probability distribution; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1987.1057298
Filename
1057298
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