An Inequality for the Sum of Independent Bounded Random Variables
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Probability
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0894-9840,1572-9230
DOI: 10.1007/s10959-012-0460-1