An instance-based algorithm for deciding the bias of a coin

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作者
Schultz Xavier da Silveira, Luis Fernando [1 ]
Smid, Michiel [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ottawa, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[2] Carleton Univ, Sch Comp Sci, Ottawa, ON, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Bias coin; Chernoff-Hoeffding bound;
D O I
10.1142/S1793830922500975
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Let q is an element of (0, 1) and delta is an element of (0, 1) be real numbers, and let C be a coin that comes up heads with an unknown probability p, such that p not equal q. We present an algorithm that, on input C, q, and delta, decides, with probability at least 1 - delta, whether p < q or p > q. The expected number of coin flips made by this algorithm is O(loglog(1/epsilon) + log 91/delta)/epsilon(2)), where epsilon = |p - q|.
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