Urn schemes and reinforced random walks

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-78

  Muliere, P ^a   Secchi, P ^a   Walker, S G ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Mixture of Markov chains; Partial exchangeability; Primary 62C10; Reinforced random walks; Secondary 62G99; Urn schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013029075     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(99)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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