A finitary characterization of the ewens sampling formula

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-284

  Garibaldi, U ^a   Costantini, D ^b   Viarengo, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ehrenfest Brillouin model; Ewens sampling formula; Herd behavior; Probabilistic dynamics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING;

EHRENFEST-BRILLOUIN MODEL; EWENS SAMPLING FORMULA; HERD BEHAVIOR; PROBABILISTIC DYNAMICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 11144224087     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525904000172     Document Type: Review

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