On generalized Pólya urn models
We consider a general two-color urn model characterized by a 2x2 matrix of integerswithout constraints on the values of these four integers other than non-negativity. Exact distributions of the number of balls of a specific color that appear after n draws are presented. Via Poissonization, we obtain an asymptotic mean for a specific example to illustrate that asymptotics of bona fide nature may appear in non-classical urn models.
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2000
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Authors: | Kotz, Samuel ; Mahmoud, Hosam ; Robert, Philippe |
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Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 49.2000, 2, p. 163-173
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Elsevier |
Keywords: | Discrete distributions Urns Stochastic differential equations |
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