On the Strong Law of Large Numbers for Non-Independent B-Valued Random Variables

This paper investigates some conditions which imply the strong laws of large numbers for Banach space valued random variable sequences. Some generalizations of the Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund theorem and the Hoffmann-J?rgensen and Pisier theorem are obtained. Key words strong law of large numbers - Banach space valued random variable sequence - p-smoothable Banach space CLC number O 211.4 - O 211.6 Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10071058)Biography: Gan Shi-xin (1939-), male, Professor, research direction: martingale theory, probability limiting theory and Banach space geometry theory.

Almost Sure Convergence of the General Jamison Weighted Sum of B-Valued Random Variables

In this paper,two new functions are introduced to depict the Jamison weighted sum of random variables instead using the common methods,their properties and relationships are system- atically discussed.We also analysed the implication of the conditions in previous papers.Then we apply these consequences to B-valued random variables,and greatly improve the original results of the strong convergence of the general Jamison weighted sum.Furthermore,our discussions are useful to the corresponding questions of real-valued random variables.

Complete moment convergence for ND random variables under the sub-linear expectations

In this article,we establish a general result on complete moment convergence for arrays of rowwise negatively dependent(ND)random variables under the sub-linear expectations.As applications,we can obtain a series of results on complete moment convergence for ND random variables under the sub-linear expectations.

SOME LIMIT THEOREMS FOR SEQUENCES OF PAIRWISE NQD RANDOM VARIABLES

In this article, the authors study some limit properties for sequences of pairwise NQD random variables, which are not necessarily identically distributed. They obtain Baum and Katz complete convergence and the strong stability of Jamison＇s weighted sums for pairwise NQD random variables, which may have different distributions. Some wellknown results are improved and extended.

LARGE DEVIATIONS AND MODERATE DEVIATIONS FOR m-NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED RANDOM VARIABLES

M-negatively associated random variables, which generalizes the classical one of negatively associated random variables and includes m-dependent sequences as its particular case, are introduced and studied. Large deviation principles and moderate deviation upper bounds for stationary m-negatively associated random variables are proved. Kolmogorov-type and Marcinkiewicz-type strong laws of large numbers as well as the three series theorem for m-negatively associated random variables are also given.

ON CHOVER'S LIL FOR THE WEIGHTED SUMS OF STABLE RANDOM VARIABLES

Let {Xn,n ≥ 1} be a sequence of α-stable random variables(0 < α < 2), {ani,1 ≤ i≤ n, n≥1} be an array of constant real numbers. Under some restriction of {ani,1 ≤ i ≤ n,n≥1}, the authors discuss the integral test for the weighted partial sums {Σi=1naniXi,n ≥ 1}, and obtain the Chover's laws of iterated logarithm(LIL) as corollaries.

ON THE LIMITING BEHAVIOR OF THE MAXIMUM PARTIAL SUMS FOR ARRAYS OF ROWWISE NA RANDOM VARIABLES

Let {Xni, 1 ≤ n,i 〈 ∞} be an an array of rowwise NA random variables and {an, n ≥ 1} a sequence of constants with 0 〈 an ↑∞ . The limiting behavior of maximum partial sums 1/an max 1≤k≤n｜^k∑i=1 Xni｜ is investigated and some new results are obtained. The results extend and improve the corresponding theorems of rowwise independent random variable arrays by Hu and Taylor [1] and Hu and Chang [2].

MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION ABOUT DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE WITH INTERVAL PROBABILITY OR FUZZY PROBABILITY

The character and an algorithm about DRVIP（ discrete random variable with interval probability） and the secured kind DRVFP （discrete random variable with crisp event-fuzzy probability） are researched. Using the fuzzy resolution theorem, the solving mathematical expectation of a DRVFP can be translated into solving mathematical expectation of a series of RVIP. It is obvious that solving mathematical expectation of a DRVIP is a typical linear programming problem. A very functional calculating formula for solving mathematical expectation of DRVIP was obtained by using the Dantzig＇s simplex method. The example indicates that the result obtained by using the functional calculating formula fits together completely with the result obtained by using the linear programming method, but the process using the formula deduced is simpler.

PRECISE ASYMPTOTICS IN SELF-NORMALIZED SUMS OF ITERATED LOGARITHM FOR MULTIDIMENSIONALLY INDEXED RANDOM VARIABLES

In the case of Z＋^d（d ≥ 2）-the positive d-dimensional lattice points with partial ordering ≤, {Xk,k∈ Z＋^d} i.i.d, random variables with mean 0, Sn =∑k≤nXk and Vn^2 = ∑j≤nXj^2, the precise asymptotics for ∑n1/｜n｜（log｜n｜dP（｜Sn/Vn｜≥ε√log log｜n｜） and ∑n（logn｜）b/｜n｜（log｜n｜）^d-1P（｜Sn/Vn｜≥ε√log n）,as ε↓0,is established.

On the Strong Laws for Weighted Sums of m-negatively Asso ciated Random Variables

In this article, the author establishes the strong laws for linear statistics that are weighted sums of a m-negatively associated(m-NA) random sample. The obtained results extend and improve the result of Qiu and Yang in [1] to m-NA random variables.

SOME LIMIT THEOREMS FOR WEIGHTED SUMS OF ARRAYS OF NOD RANDOM VARIABLES

In this paper the authors study the complete, weak and almost sure convergence for weighted sums of NOD random variables and obtain some new limit theorems for weighted sums of NOD random variables, which extend the corresponding theorems of Stout [1], Thrum [2] and Hu et al. [3].

On the strong convergence properties for weighted sums of negatively orthant dependent random variables

In the paper, the strong convergence properties for two different weighted sums of negatively orthant dependent(NOD) random variables are investigated. Let {X, n ≥ 1}be a sequence of NOD random variables. The results obtained in the paper generalize the corresponding ones for i.i.d. random variables and identically distributed NA random variables to the case of NOD random variables, which are stochastically dominated by a random variable X. As a byproduct, the Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund type strong law of large numbers for NOD random variables is also obtained.

Some Convergence Results for Sequences of -mixing Random Variables

In this paper, we will present some strong convergence results for sequences of ψ-mixing random variables. The results for sequences of ψ-mixing random variables generalize the corresponding results for independent random variable sequences without any extra conditions.

Reliability analysis for aeroengine turbine disc fatigue life with multiple random variables based on distributed collaborative response surface method

The fatigue life of aeroengine turbine disc presents great dispersion due to the randomness of the basic variables,such as applied load,working temperature,geometrical dimensions and material properties.In order to ameliorate reliability analysis efficiency without loss of reliability,the distributed collaborative response surface method(DCRSM) was proposed,and its basic theories were established in this work.Considering the failure dependency among the failure modes,the distributed response surface was constructed to establish the relationship between the failure mode and the relevant random variables.Then,the failure modes were considered as the random variables of system response to obtain the distributed collaborative response surface model based on structure failure criterion.Finally,the given turbine disc structure was employed to illustrate the feasibility and validity of the presented method.Through the comparison of DCRSM,Monte Carlo method(MCM) and the traditional response surface method(RSM),the results show that the computational precision for DCRSM is more consistent with MCM than RSM,while DCRSM needs far less computing time than MCM and RSM under the same simulation conditions.Thus,DCRSM is demonstrated to be a feasible and valid approach for improving the computational efficiency of reliability analysis for aeroengine turbine disc fatigue life with multiple random variables,and has great potential value for the complicated mechanical structure with multi-component and multi-failure mode.

Strong Law of Large Numbers and Complete Convergence for Sequences of -Mixing Random Variables

We give some theorems of strong law of large numbers and complete convergence for sequences of φ-mixing random variables. In particular, Wittmann＇s strong law of large numbers and Teicher＇s strong law of large nnumbers for independent random variables are generalized to the case of φ -minxing random variables.

On the Strong Rates of Convergence for Arrays of Rowwise Extended Negatively Dependent Random Variables

A general result on the strong convergence rate and complete convergence for arrays of rowwise extended negatively dependent random variables is established. As applications, some well-known results on negatively dependent random variables can be easily extended to the case of arrays of rowwise extended negatively dependent random variables.

RANDOM VARIABLE WITH FUZZY PROBABILITY

Mathematic description about the second kind fuzzy random variable namely the random variable with crisp event-fuzzy probability was studied. Based on the interval probability and using the fuzzy resolution theorem, the feasible condition about a probability fuzzy number set was given,go a step further the definition and characters of random variable with fuzzy probability (RVFP) and the fuzzy distribution function and fuzzy probability distribution sequence of the RVFP were put forward. The fuzzy probability resolution theorem with the closing operation of fuzzy probability was given and proved. The definition and characters of mathematical expectation and variance of the RVFP were studied also. All mathematic description about the RVFP has the closing operation for fuzzy probability,as a result, the foundation of perfecting fuzzy probability operation method is laid.

Some Limit Theorems for Weighted Sums of Random Variable Fields

Let{Xn^-,n^-∈N^d}be a field of Banach space valued random variables, 0 〈r〈p≤2 and{an^-,k^-, （n^-,k^-） ∈ N^d × N^d ,k^-≤n^-} a triangular array of real numhers, where N^d is the d-dimensional lattice （d≥1 ）. Under the minimal condition that {｜｜Xn^-｜｜ r,n^- ∈N^d} is {｜an^-,k^-｜^r,（n^-,k^-）} ∈ N^d ×N^d,k^-≤n^-}-uniformly integrable, we show that ∑（k^-≤n^-）an^-,k^-,Xk^-^（L^r（or a,s,）→0 as ｜n^-｜→∞ In the above, if 0〈r〈1, the random variables are not needed to be independent. If 1≤r〈p≤2, and Banach space valued random variables are independent with mean zero we assume the Banaeh space is of type p. If 1≤r≤p≤2 and Banach space valued random variables are not independent we assume the Banach space is p-smoothable.

The Strong Convergence Properties for Partial Sums of m-NA Random Variables

In this paper, by the three series theorem of m-negatively associated(m-NA,in short) random variables and the truncation method of random variables, we mainly investigated the strong convergence properties for partial sums of m-NA random variables.In addition, the Khintchine-Kolmogorov convergence theorem and Kolmogorov-type strong law of large numbers for m-NA random variables are also obtained. The results obtained in the paper generalize some corresponding ones for independent random variables and some dependent random variables.

Crowdsourced Sampling of a Composite Random Variable: Analysis, Simulation, and Experimental Test

A composite random variable is a product (or sum of products) of statistically distributed quantities. Such a variable can represent the solution to a multi-factor quantitative problem submitted to a large, diverse, independent, anonymous group of non-expert respondents (the “crowd”). The objective of this research is to examine the statistical distribution of solutions from a large crowd to a quantitative problem involving image analysis and object counting. Theoretical analysis by the author, covering a range of conditions and types of factor variables, predicts that composite random variables are distributed log-normally to an excellent approximation. If the factors in a problem are themselves distributed log-normally, then their product is rigorously log-normal. A crowdsourcing experiment devised by the author and implemented with the assistance of a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) television show, yielded a sample of approximately 2000 responses consistent with a log-normal distribution. The sample mean was within ~12% of the true count. However, a Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) of the experiment, employing either normal or log-normal random variables as factors to model the processes by which a crowd of 1 million might arrive at their estimates, resulted in a visually perfect log-normal distribution with a mean response within ~5% of the true count. The results of this research suggest that a well-modeled MCS, by simulating a sample of responses from a large, rational, and incentivized crowd, can provide a more accurate solution to a quantitative problem than might be attainable by direct sampling of a smaller crowd or an uninformed crowd, irrespective of size, that guesses randomly.