An urn model of Diaconis

D. Siegmund*, B. Yakir

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Abstract

An urn model of Diaconis and some generalizations are discussed. A convergence theorem is proved that implies for Diaconis' model that the empirical distribution of balls in the urn converges with probability one to the uniform distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2036-2042
Number of pages7
JournalAnnals of Probability
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

Keywords

  • Almost supermartingale
  • Fixed point
  • Urn model

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