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An extension of the hong-park version of the chow-robbins theorem on sums of nonintegrable random variables

  • Adler, Andre;Rosalsky, Andrew
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.363-370
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    • 1995
  • A famous result of Chow and Robbins [8] asserts that if ${X_n, n \geq 1}$ are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables with $E$\mid$X_1$\mid$ = \infty$, then for each sequence of constants ${M_n, n \geq 1}$ either $$ (1) lim inf_{n\to\infty} $\mid$\frac{M_n}{\sum_{j=1}^{n}X_j}$\mid$ = 0 almost certainly (a.c.) $$ or $$ (2) lim sup_{n\to\infty}$\mid$\frac{M_n}{\sum_{j=1}^{n}X_j}$\mid$ = \infty a.c. $$ and thus $P{lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{j=1}^{n}X_j/M_n = 1} = 0$. Note that both (1) and (2) may indeed prevail.

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SOME RESULTS ON ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS OF RANDOM SUMS OF INDEPENDENT IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES

  • Hung, Tran Loc;Thanh, Tran Thien
    • Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.119-128
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    • 2010
  • Let ${X_n,\;n\geq1}$ be a sequence of independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables (r.vs.), defined on a probability space ($\Omega$,A,P), and let ${N_n,\;n\geq1}$ be a sequence of positive integer-valued r.vs., defined on the same probability space ($\Omega$,A,P). Furthermore, we assume that the r.vs. $N_n$, $n\geq1$ are independent of all r.vs. $X_n$, $n\geq1$. In present paper we are interested in asymptotic behaviors of the random sum $S_{N_n}=X_1+X_2+\cdots+X_{N_n}$, $S_0=0$, where the r.vs. $N_n$, $n\geq1$ obey some defined probability laws. Since the appearance of the Robbins's results in 1948 ([8]), the random sums $S_{N_n}$ have been investigated in the theory probability and stochastic processes for quite some time (see [1], [4], [2], [3], [5]). Recently, the random sum approach is used in some applied problems of stochastic processes, stochastic modeling, random walk, queue theory, theory of network or theory of estimation (see [10], [12]). The main aim of this paper is to establish some results related to the asymptotic behaviors of the random sum $S_{N_n}$, in cases when the $N_n$, $n\geq1$ are assumed to follow concrete probability laws as Poisson, Bernoulli, binomial or geometry.

CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION BY INDEPENDENCE PROPERTY OF RANDOM VARIABLES

  • Jin, Hyun-Woo;Lee, Min-Young
    • Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2014
  • Let {$X_i$, $1{\leq}i{\leq}n$} be a sequence of i.i.d. sequence of positive random variables with common absolutely continuous cumulative distribution function F(x) and probability density function f(x) and $E(X^2)$ < ${\infty}$. The random variables X + Y and $\frac{(X-Y)^2}{(X+Y)^2}$ are independent if and only if X and Y have gamma distributions. In addition, the random variables $S_n$ and $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{m}(X_i)^2}{(S_n)^2}$ with $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i$ are independent for $1{\leq}m$ < n if and only if $X_i$ has gamma distribution for $i=1,{\cdots},n$.

Weak convergence for weighted sums of level-continuous fuzzy random variables (수준 연속인 퍼지 랜덤 변수의 가중 합에 대한 약 수렴성)

  • Kim, Yun-Kyong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.852-856
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    • 2004
  • The present paper establishes a necessary and sufficient condition for weak convergence for weighted sums of compactly uniformly integrable level-continuous fuzzy random variables as a generalization of weak laws of large numbers for sums of fuzzy random variables.

A WEAK LAW FOR WEIGHTED SUMS OF ARRAY OF ROW NA RANDOM VARIABLES

  • Baek, Jong-Il;Liang, Han-Ying;Choi, Jeong-Yeol
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.341-349
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    • 2003
  • Let {$x_{nk}\;$\mid$1\;\leq\;k\;\leq\;n,\;n\;\geq\;1$} be an array of random varianbles and $\{a_n$\mid$n\;\geq\;1\}\;and\;\{b_n$\mid$n\;\geq\;1} be a sequence of constants with $a_n\;>\;0,\;b_n\;>\;0,\;n\;\geq\;1. In this paper, for array of row negatively associated(NA) random variables, we establish a general weak law of large numbers (WLLA) of the form (${\sum_{\kappa=1}}^n\;a_{\kappa}X_{n\kappa}\;-\;\nu_{n\kappa})\;/b_n$ converges in probability to zero, as $n\;\rightarrow\;\infty$, where {$\nu_{n\kappa}$\mid$1\;\leq\;\kappa\;\leq\;n,\;n\;\geq\;1$} is a suitable array of constants.

On the Functional Central Limit Theorem of Negatively Associated Processes

  • Baek Jong Il;Park Sung Tae;Lee Gil Hwan
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2005
  • A functional central limit theorem is obtained for a stationary linear process of the form $X_{t}= \sum\limits_{j=0}^\infty{a_{j}x_{t-j}}$, where {x_t} is a strictly stationary sequence of negatively associated random variables with suitable conditions and {a_j} is a sequence of real numbers with $\sum\limits_{j=0}^\infty|a_{j}|<\infty$.

ON THE STRONG LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS FOR WEIGHTED SUMS OF NEGATIVELY SUPERADDITIVE DEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES

  • SHEN, AITING
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2016
  • Let {$X_n,n{\geq}1$} be a sequence of negatively superadditive dependent random variables. In the paper, we study the strong law of large numbers for general weighted sums ${\frac{1}{g(n)}}{\sum_{i=1}^{n}}{\frac{X_i}{h(i)}}$ of negatively superadditive dependent random variables with non-identical distribution. Some sufficient conditions for the strong law of large numbers are provided. As applications, the Kolmogorov strong law of large numbers and Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund strong law of large numbers for negatively superadditive dependent random variables are obtained. Our results generalize the corresponding ones for independent random variables and negatively associated random variables.

A tightness theorem for product partial sum processes indexed by sets

  • Hong, Dug-Hun;Kwon, Joong-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 1995
  • Let N denote the set of positive integers. Fix $d_1, d_2 \in N with d = d_1 + d_2$. Let X and Y be real random variables and let ${X_i : i \in N^d_1} and {Y_j : j \in N^d_2}$ be independent families of independent identically distributed random variables with $L(X) = L(X_i) and L(Y) = L(Y_j)$, where $L(\cdot)$ denote the law of $\cdot$.

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STRONG LAWS OF LARGE NUMBERS FOR LINEAR PROCESSES GENERATED BY ASSOCIATED RANDOM VARIABLES IN A HILBERT SPACE

  • Ko, Mi-Hwa
    • Honam Mathematical Journal
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.703-711
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    • 2008
  • Let ${{\xi}_k,k{\in}{\mathbb{Z}}}$ be an associated H-valued random variables with $E{\xi}_k$ = 0, $E{\parallel}{\xi}_k{\parallel}$ < ${\infty}$ and $E{\parallel}{\xi}_k{\parallel}^2$ < ${\infty}$ and {$a_k,k{\in}{\mathbb{Z}}$} a sequence of bounded linear operators such that ${\sum}^{\infty}_{j=0}j{\parallel}a_j{\parallel}_{L(H)}$ < ${\infty}$. We define the sationary Hilbert space process $X_k={\sum}^{\infty}_{j=0}a_j{\xi}_{k-j}$ and prove that $n^{-1}{\sum}^n_{k=1}X_k$ converges to zero.