A Method of Approximating Expectations of Functions of Sums of Independent Random Variables
A Method of Approximating Expectations of Functions of Sums of Independent Random Variables
Let $X_1, X_2, \cdots$ be a sequence of independent random variables with $S_n = \sum^n_{i = 1} X_i$. Fix $\alpha > 0$. Let $\Phi(\cdot)$ be a continuous, strictly increasing function on $\lbrack 0, \infty)$ such that $\Phi(0) = 0$ and $\Phi(cx) \leq c^\alpha\Phi(x)$ for all $x > 0$ and all …