Asymptotic probabilities in a sequential urn scheme related to the matchbox problem

DOI10.1239/AAP/1035228131zbMATH Open0922.60064OpenAlexW1972571010MaRDI QIDQ4221256FDOQ4221256

Authors: Wolfgang Stadje 

Publication date: 3 October 1999

Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/79c5ffa08c9e2302571a549af536334297f4dcb9

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behaviorextinction probabilityinteracting speciesmatchbox problemresidual population sizevariable removal probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Combinatorial probability (60C05) Limit theorems in probability theory (60F99)

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