The average position of the \(d\)th maximum in a sample of geometric random variables

DOI10.1016/j.spl.2008.11.008zbMath1159.60300OpenAlexW2039723155MaRDI QIDQ1012211

Arnold Knopfmacher, Margaret Archibald

Publication date: 15 April 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2008.11.008

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05) Asymptotic enumeration (05A16)

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