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March, 1973 Ferguson Distributions Via Polya Urn Schemes
David Blackwell, James B. MacQueen
Ann. Statist. 1(2): 353-355 (March, 1973). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176342372

Abstract

The Polya urn scheme is extended by allowing a continuum of colors. For the extended scheme, the distribution of colors after n draws is shown to converge as n to a limiting discrete distribution μ. The distribution of μ is shown to be one introduced by Ferguson and, given μ, the colors drawn from the urn are shown to be independent with distribution μ.

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David Blackwell. James B. MacQueen. "Ferguson Distributions Via Polya Urn Schemes." Ann. Statist. 1 (2) 353 - 355, March, 1973. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176342372

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Published: March, 1973
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0276.62010
MathSciNet: MR362614
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176342372

Rights: Copyright © 1973 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.1 • No. 2 • March, 1973
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