scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4139477

MaRDI QIDQ3471840zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. Meir, J. W. Moon

Publication date 1990

zbMATH Keywords

binomial coefficient sumsincomplete beta functionprobabilistic analysis in sportsseries competition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Operations research and management science (90B99)

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