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September 2005 An urn model of Diaconis
D. Siegmund, B. Yakir
Ann. Probab. 33(5): 2036-2042 (September 2005). DOI: 10.1214/009117905000000314

Abstract

An urn model of Diaconis and some generalizations are discussed. A convergence theorem is proved that implies for Diaconis’ model that the empirical distribution of balls in the urn converges with probability one to the uniform distribution.

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D. Siegmund. B. Yakir. "An urn model of Diaconis." Ann. Probab. 33 (5) 2036 - 2042, September 2005. https://doi.org/10.1214/009117905000000314

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Published: September 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 22 September 2005

zbMATH: 1086.60024
MathSciNet: MR2165586
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/009117905000000314

Subjects:
Primary: 60C05 , 60F15 , 60G48

Keywords: Almost supermartingale , fixed point , urn model

Rights: Copyright © 2005 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.33 • No. 5 • September 2005
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