A variation of the Newton-Pepys problem and its connections to size-estimation problems

DOI10.1016/J.SPL.2013.02.008zbMATH Open1287.60015OpenAlexW2130732575MaRDI QIDQ385133FDOQ385133

Authors: Damiano Varagnolo, Luca Schenato, Gianluigi Pillonetto 

Publication date: 29 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2013.02.008

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zbMATH Keywords

Bernoulli trialsJohn Smith problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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