New bounds on the probability of a finite union of events

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The classes of all lower/upper bounds on the probability of a finite union of events which are expressed only in terms of the individual event probabilities and the sums of the pairwise event probabilities are considered. The optimal lower and upper bounds in each class are given numerically by solving a linear programming (LP) problem. Furthermore, a suboptimal analytical lower bound is established by solving a relaxed LP problem, which is at least as good as an existing bound due to Kuai, et al. [1]. Note that the new lower bounds can be further improved algorithmically by optimizing them over subsets [2], [3], and can be applied to general estimation problems involving the probability of a finite union. Finally, the new lower/upper bounds are illustrated by examining the symbol and bit error rates of an uncoded communication system used in conjunction with Mary phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation over additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels under maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoding.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Titel2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2014
Antal sider5
ForlagInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Publikationsdato2014
Sider1271-1275
Artikelnummer6875037
ISBN (Trykt)9781479951864
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014
Eksternt udgivetJa
Begivenhed2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2014 - Honolulu, HI, USA
Varighed: 29 jun. 20144 jul. 2014

Konference

Konference2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2014
LandUSA
ByHonolulu, HI
Periode29/06/201404/07/2014
SponsorIEEE Information Theory Society
NavnIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN2157-8095

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