Fusions of a Probability Distribution
Elton, J. ; Hill, T. P.
Ann. Probab., Tome 20 (1992) no. 4, p. 421-454 / Harvested from Project Euclid
Starting with a Borel probability measure $P$ on $X$ (where $X$ is a separable Banach space or a compact metrizable convex subset of a locally convex topological vector space), the class $\mathscr{F}(P)$, called the fusions of $P$, consists of all Borel probability measures on $X$ which can be obtained from $P$ by fusing parts of the mass of $P$, that is, by collapsing parts of the mass of $P$ to their respective barycenters. The class $\mathscr{F}(P)$ is shown to be convex, and the ordering induced on the space of all Borel probability measures by $Q \prec P$ if and only if $Q \in \mathscr{F}(P)$ is shown to be transitive and to imply the convex domination ordering. If $P$ has a finite mean, then $\mathscr{F}(P)$ is uniformly integrable and $Q \prec P$ is equivalent to $Q$ convexly dominated by $P$ and hence equivalent to the pair $(Q, P)$ being martingalizable. These ideas are applied to obtain new martingale inequalities and a solution to a cost-reward problem concerning optimal fusions of a finite-dimensional distribution.
Publié le : 1992-01-14
Classification:  Fusion of a probability,  convex domination,  majorization,  balayage,  dilation,  martingalizable,  Hardy-Littlewood maximal function,  60B05,  60G42
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Elton, J.; Hill, T. P. Fusions of a Probability Distribution. Ann. Probab., Tome 20 (1992) no. 4, pp.  421-454. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176989936/