Boole's inequality

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs union bound
gptkbp:appliesTo countable collections of events
gptkbp:field gptkb:probability_theory
gptkbp:form P(∪ₖAₖ) ≤ ΣₖP(Aₖ)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boole's inequality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:George_Boole
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:George_Boole's_1854_book_'An_Investigation_of_the_Laws_of_Thought'
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bonferroni_inequalities
inclusion-exclusion principle
gptkbp:sentence The probability of the union of a finite or countable collection of events is less than or equal to the sum of the probabilities of the individual events.
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:information_theory
statistics
risk analysis
probability bounds
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Markov's_inequality
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6