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Positive dependence of signals. (English) Zbl 1201.60015

Summary: We further investigate the problem considered by T. Mizuno [J. Appl. Probab. 43, No. 4, 1181–1185 (2006; Zbl 1144.60304)] in the special case of identically distributed signals. Specifically, we first propose an alternative sufficient condition of crossing type for the convex order to hold between the conditional expectations given signal. Then, we prove that the bivariate (2,1)-increasing convex order ensures that the conditional expectations are ordered in the convex sense. Finally, the \(L^{2}\) distance between the quantity of interest and its conditional expectation given signal (or expected conditional variance) is shown to decrease when the strength of the dependence increases (as measured by the (2,1)-increasing convex order).

MSC:

60E15 Inequalities; stochastic orderings
94A12 Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.)

Citations:

Zbl 1144.60304
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