Following the entropy method this paper presents general concentration inequalities, which can be applied to combinatorial optimization and empirical processes. The inequalities give improved concentration results for optimal travelling salesmen tours, Steiner trees and the eigenvalues of random symmetric matrices. 1 Introduction Since its appearance in 1995 Talagrand’s convex distance inequali...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract This study further develops the method of quantile regression (QR) to predict exceedance probabilities of flood stages by post-processing forecasts. Using data from the 82 river gages, for which the National Weather Ser...

We give the cumulative distribution functions, the expected values, and the moments of weighted lattice polynomials when regarded as real functions of independent random variables. Since weighted lattice polynomial functions include ordinary lattice polynomial functions and, particularly, order statistics, our results encompass the corresponding formulas for these particular functions. We also ...

The association between risk factors for ischemic heart disease and plasma fibrinogen level was analyzed in a cross-sectional population study. All 51-year-old men living in a certain area within the county of Copenhagen were invited; 439 of 542 (81%) participated in the study. Data were collected via questionnaire and at health examinations. The following independent variables were analyzed: s...

A general review is given of Mira and some other cool variables stars, concentrating on those aspects on which GAIA, and more particularly GAIA spectroscopy and radial velocities, will have a major impact.

This paper introduces two constraints on the use of variables inside the expectation formula. The constraints are, roughly, (1) that the variable takes the same conditional expectation in each event in the partition and (2) that the total expected value be a linear function of the variable for each event in the partition. We argue that the reasoning in one version of the “two envelope paradox” ...