Existence of Probability Measures with Given Marginals
Gutmann, Sam ; Kemperman, J. H. B. ; Reeds, J. A. ; Shepp, L. A.
Ann. Probab., Tome 19 (1991) no. 4, p. 1781-1797 / Harvested from Project Euclid
We show that if $f$ is a probability density on $R^n$ wrt Lebesgue measure (or any absolutely continuous measure) and $0 \leq f \leq 1$, then there is another density $g$ with only the values 0 and 1 and with the same $(n - 1)$-dimensional marginals in any finite number of directions. This sharpens, unifies and extends the results of Lorentz and of Kellerer. Given a pair of independent random variables $0 \leq X,Y \leq 1$, we further study functions $0 \leq \phi \leq 1$ such that $Z = \phi(X,Y)$ satisfies $E(Z\mid X) = X$ and $E(Z\mid Y) = Y$. If there is a solution then there also is a nondecreasing solution $\phi(x,y)$. These results are applied to tomography and baseball.
Publié le : 1991-10-14
Classification:  Baseball,  tomography,  marginals,  52A40,  28A35,  60A10
@article{1176990236,
     author = {Gutmann, Sam and Kemperman, J. H. B. and Reeds, J. A. and Shepp, L. A.},
     title = {Existence of Probability Measures with Given Marginals},
     journal = {Ann. Probab.},
     volume = {19},
     number = {4},
     year = {1991},
     pages = { 1781-1797},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1176990236}
}
Gutmann, Sam; Kemperman, J. H. B.; Reeds, J. A.; Shepp, L. A. Existence of Probability Measures with Given Marginals. Ann. Probab., Tome 19 (1991) no. 4, pp.  1781-1797. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176990236/