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Auteurs principaux: Kuszmaul, William, Qi, Qi
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Publié: 2021
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author Kuszmaul, William
Qi, Qi
author_facet Kuszmaul, William
Qi, Qi
contents Azuma's inequality is a tool for proving concentration bounds on random variables. The inequality can be thought of as a natural generalization of additive Chernoff bounds. On the other hand, the analogous generalization of multiplicative Chernoff bounds does not appear to be widely known. We formulate a multiplicative-error version of Azuma's inequality. We then show how to apply this new inequality in order to greatly simplify (and correct) the analysis of contention delays in multithreaded systems managed by randomized work stealing.
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spellingShingle The Multiplicative Version of Azuma's Inequality, with an Application to Contention Analysis
Kuszmaul, William
Qi, Qi
Data Structures and Algorithms
Azuma's inequality is a tool for proving concentration bounds on random variables. The inequality can be thought of as a natural generalization of additive Chernoff bounds. On the other hand, the analogous generalization of multiplicative Chernoff bounds does not appear to be widely known. We formulate a multiplicative-error version of Azuma's inequality. We then show how to apply this new inequality in order to greatly simplify (and correct) the analysis of contention delays in multithreaded systems managed by randomized work stealing.
title The Multiplicative Version of Azuma's Inequality, with an Application to Contention Analysis
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.05077