Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications

Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications
Author: Albert W. Marshall
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 919
Release: 2010-11-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387682767

This book’s first edition has been widely cited by researchers in diverse fields. The following are excerpts from reviews. “Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and its Applications” merits strong praise. It is innovative, coherent, well written and, most importantly, a pleasure to read. ... This work is a valuable resource!” (Mathematical Reviews). “The authors ... present an extremely rich collection of inequalities in a remarkably coherent and unified approach. The book is a major work on inequalities, rich in content and original in organization.” (Siam Review). “The appearance of ... Inequalities in 1979 had a great impact on the mathematical sciences. By showing how a single concept unified a staggering amount of material from widely diverse disciplines–probability, geometry, statistics, operations research, etc.–this work was a revelation to those of us who had been trying to make sense of his own corner of this material.” (Linear Algebra and its Applications). This greatly expanded new edition includes recent research on stochastic, multivariate and group majorization, Lorenz order, and applications in physics and chemistry, in economics and political science, in matrix inequalities, and in probability and statistics. The reference list has almost doubled.

Inequalities

Inequalities
Author: Ingram Olkin
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080959970

Although they play a fundamental role in nearly all branches of mathematics, inequalities are usually obtained by ad hoc methods rather than as consequences of some underlying "theory of inequalities." For certain kinds of inequalities, the notion of majorization leads to such a theory that is sometimes extremely useful and powerful for deriving inequalities. Moreover, the derivation of an inequality by methods of majorization is often very helpful both for providing a deeper understanding and for suggesting natural generalizations.Anyone wishing to employ majorization as a tool in applications can make use of the theorems; for the most part, their statements are easily understood.

Convex Functions, Partial Orderings, and Statistical Applications

Convex Functions, Partial Orderings, and Statistical Applications
Author: Josip E. Peajcariaac
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 485
Release: 1992-06-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080925227

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. Presents classical and newly published results on convex functions and related inequalities Explains partial ordering based on arrangement and their applications in mathematics, probability, statsitics, and reliability Demonstrates the connection of partial ordering with other well-known orderings such as majorization and Schur functions Will generate further research and applications

Probability Inequalities in Multivariate Distributions

Probability Inequalities in Multivariate Distributions
Author: Y. L. Tong
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1483269213

Probability Inequalities in Multivariate Distributions is a comprehensive treatment of probability inequalities in multivariate distributions, balancing the treatment between theory and applications. The book is concerned only with those inequalities that are of types T1-T5. The conditions for such inequalities range from very specific to very general. Comprised of eight chapters, this volume begins by presenting a classification of probability inequalities, followed by a discussion on inequalities for multivariate normal distribution as well as their dependence on correlation coefficients. The reader is then introduced to inequalities for other well-known distributions, including the multivariate distributions of t, chi-square, and F; inequalities for a class of symmetric unimodal distributions and for a certain class of random variables that are positively dependent by association or by mixture; and inequalities obtainable through the mathematical tool of majorization and weak majorization. The book also describes some distribution-free inequalities before concluding with an overview of their applications in simultaneous confidence regions, hypothesis testing, multiple decision problems, and reliability and life testing. This monograph is intended for mathematicians, statisticians, students, and those who are primarily interested in inequalities.

Schur-Convex Functions and Inequalities

Schur-Convex Functions and Inequalities
Author: Huan-nan Shi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110606844

This two-volume work introduces the theory and applications of Schur-convex functions. The second volume mainly focuses on the application of Schur-convex functions in sequences inequalities, integral inequalities, mean value inequalities for two variables, mean value inequalities for multi-variables, and in geometric inequalities.

Matrices, Statistics and Big Data

Matrices, Statistics and Big Data
Author: S. Ejaz Ahmed
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030175197

This volume features selected, refereed papers on various aspects of statistics, matrix theory and its applications to statistics, as well as related numerical linear algebra topics and numerical solution methods, which are relevant for problems arising in statistics and in big data. The contributions were originally presented at the 25th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS 2016), held in Funchal (Madeira), Portugal on June 6-9, 2016. The IWMS workshop series brings together statisticians, computer scientists, data scientists and mathematicians, helping them better understand each other’s tools, and fostering new collaborations at the interface of matrix theory and statistics.

Copula Theory and Its Applications

Copula Theory and Its Applications
Author: Piotr Jaworski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2010-07-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642124658

Copulas are mathematical objects that fully capture the dependence structure among random variables and hence offer great flexibility in building multivariate stochastic models. Since their introduction in the early 50's, copulas have gained considerable popularity in several fields of applied mathematics, such as finance, insurance and reliability theory. Today, they represent a well-recognized tool for market and credit models, aggregation of risks, portfolio selection, etc. This book is divided into two main parts: Part I - "Surveys" contains 11 chapters that provide an up-to-date account of essential aspects of copula models. Part II - "Contributions" collects the extended versions of 6 talks selected from papers presented at the workshop in Warsaw.

Stochastic Orders and Applications

Stochastic Orders and Applications
Author: Karl Mosler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642499724

A bibliography on stochastic orderings. Was there a real need for it? In a time of reference databases as the MathSci or the Science Citation Index or the Social Science Citation Index the answer seems to be negative. The reason we think that this bibliog raphy might be of some use stems from the frustration that we, as workers in the field, have often experienced by finding similar results being discovered and proved over and over in different journals of different disciplines with different levels of mathematical so phistication and accuracy and most of the times without cross references. Of course it would be very unfair to blame an economist, say, for not knowing a result in mathematical physics, or vice versa, especially when the problems and the languages are so far apart that it is often difficult to recognize the analogies even after further scrutiny. We hope that collecting the references on this topic, regardless of the area of application, will be of some help, at least to pinpoint the problem. We use the term stochastic ordering in a broad sense to denote any ordering relation on a space of probability measures. Questions that can be related to the idea of stochastic orderings are as old as probability itself. Think for instance of the problem of comparing two gambles in order to decide which one is more favorable.

The Schur Complement and Its Applications

The Schur Complement and Its Applications
Author: Fuzhen Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387242732

This book describes the Schur complement as a rich and basic tool in mathematical research and applications and discusses many significant results that illustrate its power and fertility. Coverage includes historical development, basic properties, eigenvalue and singular value inequalities, matrix inequalities in both finite and infinite dimensional settings, closure properties, and applications in statistics, probability, and numerical analysis.