Hoeffding's inequality

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo independent random variables
gptkbp:describes probability bound for sum of bounded independent random variables
gptkbp:field gptkb:probability_theory
statistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hoeffding's inequality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Wassily_Hoeffding
gptkbp:provides exponential bound on tail probabilities
gptkbp:publicationYear 1963
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_the_American_Statistical_Association
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bernstein_inequality
gptkb:Azuma's_inequality
gptkb:Chernoff_bound
gptkbp:sentence For independent random variables X_i with a_i ≤ X_i ≤ b_i, P(S_n - E[S_n] ≥ t) ≤ exp(-2t^2/Σ(b_i-a_i)^2)
gptkbp:type concentration inequality
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:empirical_risk_minimization
bounding generalization error
randomized algorithms analysis
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
learning theory
concentration inequalities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bernstein's_inequality
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6