The first step is to ensure that the given distribution actually is a valid probability distribution. As mentioned earlier, ...

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In [14], Sanov proved that if FN is the empirical cumulative distribution function (cdf) of a sample drawn from a population whose true cdf is F0 and Ω is a set of cdf's which satisfies certain ...