Poisson approximations for runs and patterns of rare events

DOI10.2307/1427680zbMath0751.60018OpenAlexW2317416722MaRDI QIDQ3981880

Anant P. Godbole

Publication date: 26 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1427680

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson approximationsreliability systemssequence of Bernoulli trialsword patternstwo-state Markov chainsnumber of non-overlapping success runs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10)

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