Balls and bins: A study in negative dependence

Random Structures and Algorithms

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-124

  Dubhashi, Devdatt ^a   Ranjan, Desh ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

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EID: 0032350833     PISSN: 10429832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2418(199809)13:2<99::AID-RSA1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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