Abstract: | If X1,…,Xn are independent identically distributed Rd-valued random vectors with probability measure μ and empirical probability measure μn, and if is a subset of the Borel sets on Rd, then we show that P{supA∈|μn(A)?μ(A)|≥ε} ≤ cs(, n2)e?2n∈2, where c is an explicitly given constant, and s(, n) is the maximum over all (x1,…,xn) ∈ Rdn of the number of different sets in {{x1…,xn}∩A|A ∈}. The bound strengthens a result due to Vapnik and Chervonenkis. |