This chapter introduces the concept of random variables and discrete random vari¬ables in particular. We then discuss several important discrete probability distribu¬tions directly applicable to ...

Colorblindness is caused by a recessive gene on the X chromosome. Since men have only one X chromosome, if a man carries the colorblindness allele (gene form), he will have the trait. Women have two X ...

Abstract: This work provides new bounds on the difference between the entropies of two discrete random variables in terms of the local and total variation distances between their probability mass ...

College of Mathematics and Physics, Shijiazhuang University of Economics, Shijiazhuang, China. Science College, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China. [1] W. Liu, ...