论文信息 - The variance upper bound for a mixed random variable

The variance upper bound for a mixed random variable

ABSTRACT In this note, we derive upper bounds on the variance of a mixed random variable. Our results are an extension of previous results for unimodal and symmetric random variables. The novelty of our findings is that this mixed random variable does not necessarily need to be symmetric and is multimodal. We also characterize the cases when these bounds are optimal.

Martin Egozcue | Luis Fuentes García

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