General asymptotic estimates for the coupon collector problem (Q1919429)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 908374
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General asymptotic estimates for the coupon collector problem
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 908374

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    General asymptotic estimates for the coupon collector problem (English)
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    23 July 1996
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    Suppose that there are \(N\) objects, which are sampled with replacement with arbitrary drawing probabilities. Consider the expected number of trials when all the different objects have been sampled. Using an explicit formula for this number its asymptotics is studied in different cases when \(N\) tends to infinity.
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    coupon collector problem
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    sampling with replacement
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    mean waiting time
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    asymptotics
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