This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper, we give some upper (lower) bounds on E max1 ≤ i ≤ n Xi(E min1 ≤ i ≤ n Xi), where the Xi's are real-valued random variables.

For years, social media users have been lecturing one another about what percentages mean in weather forecasts. "Y'all know on the weather app the percentage isn't a "chance" of rain. It means it will ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A basic principle for risk-based design has been formulated: the larger the losses from failure of a component, the smaller the upper bound of ...