Numerical applications

If you use any of the applications in an academic or other type of work, please refer to the relating papers in the References!

 

1 Bounding the probability of the union of events

 

1.1 Application “eventsystem1”

 

It generates an event system randomly based on the pattern of Example 5.2 and 5.3 in Mádi-Nagy (2009) and writes the probabilities of the intersections of the events up to the given order m into the file prob.txt. The prob.txt file is an appropriate input of Application “bonferroni1”.

 

Documentation (including the manual)

 

Binary files:

eventsystem1.exe (Windows)

eventsystem1 (Linux)

 

C++ source file:

eventsystem1.cpp

 

References:

Mádi-Nagy, G.  (2009). On Multivariate Discrete Moment Problems: Generalization of the Bivariate Min Algorithm for Higher Dimensions. SIAM Journal on Optimization 19(4) 1781-1806.

click here to see the paper (.pdf)

 

1.2 Application “unibonferroni1”

 

It gives lower and upper bounds on the probability of the union of events, based on the information of the probability of the intersections of the events up to a certain order. The source code can easily be rewritten to solve binomial as well as power univariate discrete moment problems.

 

Keywords: probability bounds, expectation bounds, Bonferroni-type bounds, discrete moment problem

 

Documentation (including the manual)

 

Binary files:

unibonferroni1.exe (Windows)

unibonferroni1 (Linux)

 

C++ source file:

unibonferroni1.cpp

 

References:

Prékopa, A. (1990). The discrete moment problem and linear programming. Discrete Applied

Mathematics, 27 235-254.

 

Prékopa, A. and S. Szedmák (2003). On the Numerical Solution of the Univariate Discrete Moment Problem. RUTCOR Research Report 32-2003.

click here to see the paper (.ps)

 

 

1.3 Application “bivbonferroni1”

 

It gives lower and upper bounds on the probability of the union of events, based on the information of the probability of the intersections of the events up to a certain order. The source code can easily be rewritten to solve binomial as well as power bivariate discrete moment problems.

 

Keywords: probability bounds, expectation bounds, bivariate Bonferroni-type bounds, discrete moment problem

 

Documentation (including the manual)

 

Binary files:

bivbonferroni1.exe (Windows)

bivbonferroni1 (Linux)

 

C++ source file:

bivbonferroni1.cpp

 

References:

Mádi-Nagy, G. (2005). A method to find the best bounds in a multivariate discrete moment problem if the basis structure is given. Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica, 42(2) 207-226.

click here to see the paper (.pdf)

 

Mádi-Nagy, G. and A. Prékopa (2004).On Multivariate Discrete Moment Problems and their Applications to Bounding Expectations and Probabilities. Mathematics of Operations Research 29(2), pp. 229-258.

click here to see the paper (pdf)

 

1.4 Application “bonferroni1”

 

It gives upper bound on the probability of the union of events, based on the information of the probability of the intersections of the events up to a certain order. The source code can easily be rewritten to solve binomial as well as power multivariate discrete moment problems.

 

Keywords: probability bounds, expectation bounds, multivariate Bonferroni-type bounds, discrete moment problem

 

Documentation (including the manual)

 

Binary files:

bonferroni1.exe (Windows)

bonferroni1 (Linux)

 

C++ source file:

bonferroni1.cpp

 

References:

Mádi-Nagy, G. (2005). A method to find the best bounds in a multivariate discrete moment problem if the basis structure is given. Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica, 42(2) 207-226.

click here to see the paper (.pdf)

 

Mádi-Nagy, G.  (2009). On Multivariate Discrete Moment Problems: Generalization of the Bivariate Min Algorithm for Higher Dimensions. SIAM Journal on Optimization 19(4) 1781-1806.

click here to see the paper (.pdf)