A collector's problem with renewal arrival processes

Offer Kella*, Wolfgang Stadje

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Abstract

We study a collector's problem with K renewal arrival processes for different type items, where the objective is to collect complete sets. In particular, we derive the asymptotic distribution of the sequence of interarrival times between set completions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)610-620
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Applied Probability
Volume45
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2008

Keywords

  • Asymptotic distribution
  • Collector's problem
  • Complete set
  • Mixture
  • Renewal processes
  • Superposition

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