Convex functions, partial orderings, and statistical applications

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Convex functions, partial orderings, and statistical applications

Josip E. Pečarić, Frank Proschan, Y.L. Tong

(Mathematics in science and engineering : a series of monographs and textbooks, v. 187)

Academic Press, c1992

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Bibliographical references: p. 419-456

Includes indexes

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Description

This research-level book presents up-to-date information concerning recent developments in convex functions and partial orderings and some applications in mathematics, statistics, and reliability theory. The book will serve researchers in mathematical and statistical theory and theoretical and applied reliabilists.

Table of Contents

Convex Functions. Jensen's and Jensen-Steffensen's Inequalities. Reversals, Refinements, and Converses of Jensen's and Jensen-Steffensen's Inequalities. Applications of Jensen's Inequality to Means and H*adolder's Inequalities. Hermite-Hadamard's and Jensen-Petrovi*aac's Inequalities. Popoviciu's, Burkill's, and Steffensen's Inequalities. *ajCeby*ajsev-Gr*aduss', Favard's, Berwald's, Gauss-Winckler's, and Related Inequalities. Hardy's, Hilbert's, Opial's, Young's, Nanson's, and Related Inequalities. General Linear Inequalities for Convex Sequences and Functions. Orderings and Convexity-Preserving Transformations. Convex Functions and Geometric Inequalities. Convexity, Majorization, and Schur-Convexity. Convexity and Log-Concavity Related Moment and Probability Inequalities. Muirhead's Theorem and Related Inequalities. Arrangement Ordering. Applications of Arrangement Ordering. Multivariate Arrangement Increasing Functions. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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