Uniform versus Zipf distribution in a mixing collection process

DOI10.1016/j.spl.2019.108559zbMath1423.60042arXiv1904.09817OpenAlexW2966661565MaRDI QIDQ2273725

Vassilis G. Papanicolaou, Aristides V. Doumas

Publication date: 25 September 2019

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.09817

zbMATH Keywords

Gumbel distributioncoupon collector's problemmixing processesgeneralized Zipf law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05)

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