Gaussian approximation theorems for urn models and their applications

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1149-1173

  Bai, Z D ^a   Hu, Feifang ^b   Zhang, Li Xin ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functional central limit theorems; Gaussian approximation; Nonhomogeneous generating matrix; Randomized play the winner rule; The law of iterated logarithm; Urn model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036439332     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1037125857     Document Type: Article

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