Bounds on the Poincaré constant under negative dependence

DOI10.1016/J.SPL.2012.11.001zbMATH Open1268.60022arXiv0801.2112OpenAlexW2031490234MaRDI QIDQ1950656FDOQ1950656

Authors: Fraser Daly, Oliver Johnson 

Publication date: 13 May 2013

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give bounds on the Poincare (inverse spectral gap) constant of a non-negative, integer-valued random variable W, under negative dependence assumptions such as ultra log-concavity and total negative dependence. We show that the bounds obtained compare well to others in the literature. Examples treated include some occupancy and urn models, a random graph model and small spacings on the circumference of a circle. Applications to Poisson convergence theorems are considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2112

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zbMATH Keywords

stochastic orderingultra log-concavitysize-bias transformtotal negative dependencePoincaré constant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10)

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