 Gaussian effective bandwidth

For a normal distribution $N(\lambda ,{\sigma }^2)$, the logarithm of its moment-generating function is $s\lambda +s^2{\sigma }^2/2$. Dividing by $s>0$ gives its effective bandwidth. Independent demands add these bandwidths. For total mean $m$ and positive total variance $v$, optimizing a Chernoff bound with target $e^{-\gamma }$, $\gamma >0$, yields the sufficient margin $C\ge m+\sqrt{2\gamma v}$.