The Gaussian approximation for multi-color generalized Friedman's urn model

DOI10.1007/S11425-009-0092-9zbMATH Open1188.60017arXiv0812.3697OpenAlexW3099108801MaRDI QIDQ1042973FDOQ1042973

Authors: Lixin Zhang, Feifang Hu 

Publication date: 7 December 2009

Published in: Science in China. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Friedman's urn model is a popular urn model which is widely used in many disciplines. In particular, it is extensively used in treatment allocation schemes in clinical trials. In this paper, we prove that both the urn composition process and the allocation proportion process can be approximated by a multi-dimensional Gaussian process almost surely for a multi-color generalized Friedman's urn model with non-homogeneous generating matrices. The Gaussian process is a solution of a stochastic differential equation. This Gaussian approximation together with the properties of the Gaussian process is important for the understanding of the behavior of the urn process and is also useful for statistical inferences. As an application, we obtain the asymptotic properties including the asymptotic normality and the law of the iterated logarithm for a multi-color generalized Friedman's urn model as well as the randomized-play-the-winner rule as a special case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3697

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic normalityrandomized play-the-winner rulestrong Gaussian approximationgeneralized Friedman's urn model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic properties of parametric estimators (62F12) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Sequential statistical design (62L05) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Strong limit theorems (60F15)

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