| Inequalities on the Variances of Convex Functions of Random Variables | 
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          Authors:  | 
          Chuen-Teck See, Jeremy Chen,  | 
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          Keywords: 
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          Convex functions, variance | 
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          Date Received: 
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          09/10/07 | 
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          Date Accepted: 
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          31/07/08 | 
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             26D15 
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          Editors:  | 
          Terry M. Mills, Neil S. Barnett,   | 
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          Abstract: | 
           
              We develop inequalities relating to the variances of convex decreasing functions of random variables using information on the functions and the distribution functions of the random variables.;
             
          
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