Abstract
A multinomial rule of succession is derived with conditioning on partial past information. The probability computation is done with a Markov chain on tables of non-negative integers using Gröbner bases as described by Diaconis and Sturmfels.
Citation
Ian H. Dinwoodie. "The Diaconis-Sturmfels algorithm and rules of succession." Bernoulli 4 (3) 401 - 410, sept 1998.
Information
Published: sept 1998
First available in Project Euclid: 19 March 2007
zbMATH: 0914.60038
MathSciNet: MR1653280
Keywords:
Gröbner basis
,
Laplace
,
Markov chain
,
succession probability
Rights: Copyright © 1998 Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability