Inclusion-exclusion redux

David Kessler, Jeremy Schiff

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Abstract

We present a reordered version of the inclusion-exclusion principle, which is useful when computing the probability of a union of events which are close to independent. The advantages of this formulation are demonstrated in the context of 3 classic problems in combinatorics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-96
Number of pages12
JournalElectronic Communications in Probability
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2002

Keywords

  • Close-to-independent events
  • Inclusion-exclusion principle

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