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May, 1991 Asymptotic Fringe Distributions for General Families of Random Trees
David Aldous
Ann. Appl. Probab. 1(2): 228-266 (May, 1991). DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1177005936

Abstract

Consider some model of random finite trees of increasing size. It often happens that the subtree at a uniform random vertex converges in distribution to a limit random tree. We introduce some structure theory for such asymptotic fringe distributions and illustrate with many examples.

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David Aldous. "Asymptotic Fringe Distributions for General Families of Random Trees." Ann. Appl. Probab. 1 (2) 228 - 266, May, 1991. https://doi.org/10.1214/aoap/1177005936

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Published: May, 1991
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007

zbMATH: 0733.60016
MathSciNet: MR1102319
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aoap/1177005936

Subjects:
Primary: 60C05
Secondary: 05C80

Keywords: binary search tree , branching process , random graph , Random tree , random trie , recursive tree , stable type , subtree

Rights: Copyright © 1991 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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