Sparse covers for sums of indicators

For all n, ε > 0), we show that the set of Poisson Binomial distributions on n variables admits a proper ε-cover in total variation distance of size n[superscript 2] + n · (1/ε)[superscript O(log[superscript 2] (1/ε)), which can also be computed in polynomial time. We discuss the implications of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Papadimitriou, Christos, Daskalakis, Konstantinos
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer-Verlag 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99971
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5451-0490